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WRITING MY BOOK, SEE YOU IN THE PIAZZA: NEW PLACES TO DISCOVER IN ITALY, KEPT ME TRAVELING FOR 18 MONTHS. MY HUSBAND and I packed up our white Alfa Romeo and took to the road. How did I decide which places to write about? I chose a base and set out from there—exploring the dirt roads through the olive groves of Puglia, the twisting ones through the mind-bending Dolomite mountains, the stone-walled tracks through vineyards of Sicily and everywhere in between. The places were so exhilarating that I wanted more, then even more, because what I learned over and over is that Italy is endless. You need 10 lifetimes, and even then you can’t say, I know Italy. But my advice is to try. Here are a few favorites, and why I think you should go there.