Your Italy
Italy has always been more than a destination for me - it is a calling, a connection woven into my family's story.
My Great-Grandfather, Giuseppe Franco Mulinaro, born in Gizzeria, Calabria, left in the early 1900s, sailing from Napoli to begin a new life in America.
More than a century later, that same journey in reverse - from the USA back to Italy - has become my way of rediscovering the roots he left behind.
Over the past few years, my wife and I have walked the cobblestone streets of Rome, watched the sun fall over the Tyrrhenian Sea, sipped espresso in Milan, and stood in awe beneath the domes and towers that define Italy’s skyline. This podcast is the story of those travels.
Hopefully, our Italian Journey is both a love letter to a country that feels like home and a celebration of the simple beauty found in every piazza, plate of pasta, and passing conversation. I also hope is a tool you can use to create Your Italian journey. I want to make your trip about Your Italy.
I want to help you find the reasons you want to visit Italy. I look forward to sharing stories and years of research with you to help you plan your trip.
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Episodes
5 days ago
5 days ago
In this episode of Your Italy, Joe host Jason and Sheri Acquisto
We discuss their two trips to #Italy, 2002 and 2022.
We cover #Rome #Florence #Venice
As well as #Assisi #Orvieto #Capri and #Sicily
We cover the humanity and spirituality of Italy,
and how there is NO WRONG way to do Italy.
As long as you find the way that works for you.
Thanks Jason and Sheri!
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
In this Episode of Your Italy
Joe and Lori discuss going back to #Rome to finish their 2025 trip to #Italy
We both love #Roma
Plenty of new adventures and then...
the Trip back to the USA!
#KidneyStones
#BombThreats
#TravelDelays
#ItalyTrip
#ItalyTravels
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
In this episode of Your Italy, Joe and Lori discuss their day trips in 2025 to #Bologna and #Florence.
It was a fun-filled and hectic two days. We followed our plans, and we took some detours.
We hope you enjoy.
#Italy
#Italia
#Italytravel #Italytrip
#Firenze
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
In this episode of Your Italy
Joe and Lori discuss their time in Milan and Turin.
#Milan
#Milano
#Turin
#Torino
#Duomo
#DaVinci
#TheLastSupper
#Navigli
#Chocolate
#MoleAntonelliana
#Italy
#Italia
#ItalyTravel
Friday Nov 21, 2025
Friday Nov 21, 2025
In the first official episode of Your Italy (formally Travels With Friends) Joe and Lori discuss a portion of their 2025 trip to Italy. Because we were there for two weeks, we will just focus on the start in Rome.
The next episodes will focus on Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and our adventures to get home.
#Rome
#Roma
#Italy
#italia
#Italytravel
#italiantravel
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
It has been a while since Lori and I hosted a Travels with Friends.
Life got busy and we needed to take a break. We are back..and what a great guest we have in episode 18.
Vincenzo Landino - Passionate 1st Generation #Italian #American
His family is from the #Caserta area in #Italy
We discuss #Formula1 #FormulaOne #SerieA #Napoli #PittsburghSteelers #Steelers
#Family #Milan #Bologna #CinqueTerre
It is a real conversation...where we cover a little bit of everything.
Thanks to Vincenzo for the advice before our 2022 trip to Italy, and this new insight as we plan our 2025 trip.
Cannot wait to go to a Steelers game with Vincenzo and his family.
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Joe, Lori, and our special guest Maria discuss her travels in Italy with her family and then studying abroad and living in Verona.
#Italy #Italia #ItalyTravel
#Rome #Roma
#Verona
#Milan #Milano
#CinqueTerre
#StudyAbroad
#Travel
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
In this Episode of Travels with Friends, Joe and Lori discuss:
#Pope Funeral
#Italy #Italia
#Rome #Roma
#Napoli #Naples
#Milan #Milano
#Florence #Firenze
#Bologna
#AerLingus
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Joe and Lori welcome our friend Brent Dikeman
We hear about some of his travels and stories in England, France, Italy and Australia
Plenty of fun discussions!
#Travel
#Italy
#England
#France
#Paris
#Australia
#Melbourne
#London
#Florence
#Rome
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Lori and Joe welcome our guests Francesco and Suzette.
If you want to know about visiting Napoli, this is the place to be!
#italy #italia
#italyvacation #italytravel
#napoli #naples
have any questions or thoughts on Napoli, email us at travelswfriends@gmail.com
Your Italy Podcast
Italy has always been more than a destination for me - it is a calling, a connection woven into my family's story.
My Great-Grandfather, Giuseppe Franco Mulinaro, born in Gizzeria, Calabria, left in the early 1900s, sailing from Napoli to begin a new life in America.
More than a century later, that same journey in reverse - from the USA back to Italy - has become my way of rediscovering the roots he left behind.
Over the past few years, my wife and I have walked the cobblestone streets of Rome, watched the sun fall over the Tyrrhenian Sea, sipped espresso in Milan, and stood in awe beneath the domes and towers that define Italy’s skyline. This podcast is the story of those travels.
Hopefully, our Italian Journey is both a love letter to a country that feels like home and a celebration of the simple beauty found in every piazza, plate of pasta, and passing conversation. I also hope is a tool you can use to create Your Italian journey. I want to make your trip about Your Italy.
I want to help you find the reasons you want to visit Italy. I look forward to sharing stories and years of research with you to help you plan your trip.