The past few seasons were the “Staycation Years.” Most of us could not afford to travel, so we turned our resources to making our stay-at-home vacations wonderful. Many of us are not out of the financial woods yet, but we can feel the tide being able to turn. Like those first buds in the springtime, we can see the light at the end of a long tunnel. If the recession is still hanging out at your house, don’t despair. Better days are coming. It can be fun and inspiring to plan an international dream vacation for your bright future.
No matter what the state of your pockets, I recommend using Groupon Getaways or other travel discount sites. They have great international as well as domestic travel deals to places like Abruzzo, Italy. For example, I found a remarkable difference in travel costs with great savings by searching for airfares on Kayak.
New International Travel Idea: A Culinary Tour in Abruzzo, Italy
Italy is known for its sumptuous food. An Italian culinary tour is a feast for all of your senses. Abruzzo promises visitors that they will find an unspoiled, sparsely populated part of the Italian landscape where they can have a genuine experience.
You can cook and dine your way across this hilltop region with Palazzo Tour d’Eau with several cooking tour travel companies. According to the Epitourean Web catalog, you will “Step back in time and discover truly traditional, non-commercial Italian cooking in the foothills of the Apennine Mountains. Surrounded by hills and valleys as rugged yet peaceful as the people living in them, you will learn to cook in the timeless tradition so deeply embedded in the hearts of the locals. It is truly a unique experience working with ingredients so authentic and flavors so delicately preserved.” That sounds delectable.
This is beyond showing up at that hot Italian restaurant and asking whether they serve Northern or Southern Italian cuisine. So, what is included in a culinary vacation? Of course, they kick it off with a welcome dinner to get you acclimated to the place. You can have your own “Eat, Pray, Love” experience. As the trip goes on, you will have an exclusive cooking class at an Italian sausage “salame plant” and an olive mill tour. If you are as much of an olive fanatic as I am, this is exciting.
The trip continues with a pasta-making class, of course. There is also a wine tasting and pairing class. Other classes include a dessert-making class, a pizza-making class, and the hands-on cooking class of your choice. The excursion to Vasto includes sightseeing and an organic laboratory tour. If you think that the lab tour sounds interesting, brace yourself for the cheese-making tour. They also make provisions for travelers to visit the Bell Foundry.
And there you have it! The most unique Italian excursion ever. Be prepared when you get home to make a feast for your loved ones showcasing all of your lessons. Yeah! Now you are truly living with passion.
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