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	<title>Abruzzo Cherry-Picked: Life in Abruzzo Holiday &#38; Lifestyle Guide &#187; Festivals &amp; Sagre by Season</title>
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	<description>All about Abruzzo in a cherry-picked fashion!</description>
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		<title>Cherries &amp; Dressing Up at Raiano</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/cherries-dressing-up-raiano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cherry sagra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifeinabruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raiano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagre italy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody described cherries as beautiful butterflies, you blink and they’re gone, hence Raiano’s seasonal sagra being utterly unique in Abruzzo's sagre calendar]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of Rain</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/the-beauty-of-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corno-grande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifeinabruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something that it doesn’t do a lot of in the summer in Abruzzo is rain; at the moment up here in Teramo province it’s tinder dry and fires have broken out]]></description>
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		<title>The Rain in The Pinewood &#8211; La pioggia nel pineto</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/the-rain-in-the-pinewood-la-pioggia-nel-pineto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/the-rain-in-the-pinewood-la-pioggia-nel-pineto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vapor trails]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Abruzzo poet Gabrielle D'Annunzio alongside his lover Hermione  explore the spirit of a damp Abruzzo forest listening to the rain falling on the different trees and plants]]></description>
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		<title>My Big Fat Ferragosto</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/my-big-fat-ferragosto-costa-gallo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/my-big-fat-ferragosto-costa-gallo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L'Aquila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferragosto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferragosto abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferragosto tradition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacentro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My big fat Ferragosto isn’t probably what I should be calling this most pleasurable of Italian feast days]]></description>
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		<title>Scenting the Truffle at Campovalano’s Sagra</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/scenting-truffle-campovalano-sagra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/scenting-truffle-campovalano-sagra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campovalano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagra truffle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tartufo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting Abruzzo’s Campovalano Tartufo Sagra is a time to indulge in some olfactory summer truffle loving]]></description>
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		<title>The Longest Giro Ride -The Lucera-L’Aquila Tappa</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/the-longest-giro-ride-the-lucera-laquila-tappa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/the-longest-giro-ride-the-lucera-laquila-tappa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo bike ride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo giro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giro italia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[l'aquila giro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Abruzzesi bicyclists, Giro lovers and admirers of spandex-clad men were out in force to cheer the competitors of Il Giro 2010]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Slippy at the Cocullo Snake Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/cocullo-snake-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/cocullo-snake-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 06:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocullo Snake Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italian festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cocullo’s snake festival held on the 1st Thursday of May in celebration of Saint Domenico must win awards for being not just one of Italy’s strangest festivals, but also for being the most multi-cultural. 

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		<title>La Befana &#8211; One Cool Crone</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/la-befana-one-cool-crone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/la-befana-one-cool-crone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo christmas traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo witch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[la befana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to global warming La Befana is going to have to navigate through some strange old weather as she visits the children in Abruzzo tonight to celebrate Epiphany - the 3 King greeting of the new born Jesus celebrated in Catholic countries on the 6th January.]]></description>
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		<title>The Living Nativity of Cerqueto</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/cerqueto-christmas-crib/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/cerqueto-christmas-crib/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roddy Newlands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cerqueto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fano adriano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living nativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pietracamela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presepe vivente]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cerqueto, located off the SS80 near Pietracamela and Fano Adriano, provided us with an outstanding opportunity to briefly access the true festive spirit, thanks to its awe-inspiring "living nativity"]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Holidays in Abruzzo Italy &#8211; Top 10 Excuses to Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/winter-holidays-in-abruzzo-italy-top-10-excuses-to-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/winter-holidays-in-abruzzo-italy-top-10-excuses-to-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10 reasons visit abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castles abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy winter holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scrippelle M'Busse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vino cotto abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walking abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter holiday abruzzo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although not a fan of Winter in general, here are our 10 reasons for taking a winter holiday in  Italy's rocky heart Abruzzo - it will help banish any bleak malingering mid-winter blues!]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn in Abruzzo – Bounty, Beauty &amp; Bereavement</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/autumn-in-abruzzo-bounty-beauty-bereavement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/autumn-in-abruzzo-bounty-beauty-bereavement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo autumn holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo november]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo october]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo september]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabriele D’Annunzio Sogno di un pomeriggio d'autunno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A common question is what’s it like to take a break in Abruzzo in Autumn?  Being British the temptation is to turn to Keats and describe Abruzzo at this time]]></description>
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		<title>In love with Tripe – The Villa Maggiore Trippa Fest</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/in-love-with-tripe-%e2%80%93-the-villa-maggiore-trippa-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/in-love-with-tripe-%e2%80%93-the-villa-maggiore-trippa-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating tripe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapsodia band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reasons to eat tripe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagre abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagre della trippa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tripe festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa maggiore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Villa Maggiore's Tripe Festival entails 3 days of eating tripe whilst villagers get jiggy to traditional music that seems to have been mixed with Berlusconi’s idea of family entertainment; semi-scantily clad girlies accompanying a squeeze box/accordion]]></description>
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		<title>Navelli – Il Palio degli Ass’</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/navelli-il-palio-degli-asini/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/navelli-il-palio-degli-asini/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chickpeas navelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey race italy style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[navelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palio abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palio degli assini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saffron abruzzo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Navelli has a new found growing fame as host to an alternative Palio; the colourful Palio degli Assini - yep a Donkey Race like no other in the world, and due to the giggles that it promotes, is something that everyone should attend once in their lifetime]]></description>
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		<title>November Special Offer for lovers of Wine &amp; Chestnuts</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/november-special-offer-for-lovers-of-wine-chestnuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/november-special-offer-for-lovers-of-wine-chestnuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-chestnuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-holiday-offer-november]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[montepulciano-dabruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagra-della-castagna-&-sagra-sagra-della-caldarrost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st-martino-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winetasting-abruzzo-november]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are considering a holiday to Abruzzo, the first 2 weeks of November should definitely be considered, especially if you are partial to wine, chestnuts and bonfires that ward off the nip in the air that descends with November]]></description>
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		<title>An October Abruzzo Holiday Indulgence</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/an-october-abruzzo-holiday-indulgence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/an-october-abruzzo-holiday-indulgence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-holiday-rental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-mini-break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casetta-lucciola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryanair-italy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh here are a couple of reasons to come for a quick holiday or mini break in Abruzzo and rent Casetta Lucciola.  Ryanair has extended its summer sale for October Italian holiday air tickets, and a one way ticket to Pescara is ]]></description>
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		<title>Primavera, the Best time to Visit Abruzzo</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/primavera-the-best-time-to-visit-abruzzo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/primavera-the-best-time-to-visit-abruzzo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo holiday spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abruzzo-springtime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best-time-to-visit-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring-in-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weekend-break-abruzzo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Late April to mid May is the best time to visit Abruzzo for a holiday or long weekend break; it is still untouched, wild, with nature at its most flirty.  The landscape is a textural riot with every imaginable petal &#038; blossom open to announce the beginning of the warm weather softening the Gran Sasso]]></description>
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		<title>Abruzzo Festival with Medieval Sausages &amp; Beans!</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/medieval-sausages-beans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/medieval-sausages-beans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roddy Newlands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castiglione-della-valle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castrum-leonis-vallis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals-abruzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucrezia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucrezia-borga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucrezia-borgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An August Abruzzo evening theatrical festival that is worth a visit is held at the beautiful medieval village of Castiglione della Valle in celebration of Lucrezia Borgia.  Actors and street performers in period costume are dotted throughout the village; jugglers, fire-eaters, "beggars", and a choir helped the anticipation until a ]]></description>
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		<title>An Abruzzo Christmas in Bascianella</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Dunham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bascianella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas eve abruzzo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those, like me, that do not go to church at home but are planning an Abruzzo Christmas, do try and go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve (Vigilia di Natale) in Italy outside the big cities just for the experience, you'll discover how far the original meaning of Christmas remains in Catholicism's birthplace]]></description>
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		<title>Groundhog Christmas Eve Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/groundhog-christmas-eve-warning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roddy Newlands</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve Menus (La Vigilia di Natale) at home &#038; restaurants in Abruzzo do uphold the religious aspect of Christmas with the focus being fish, fish and more fish, likewise Italian culture consists of upholding 'fare bella figura' - keeping up appearances and making the right impression with dress, bearing and attitude.]]></description>
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