Giulia Garau lives and works in Sardinia. Travel lover, she has the chance to work for an online travel agency, CharmingSardinia.com, which deals also with accommodations in Campania, Apulia, Sicily and Tuscany. Here she can combine her passion for tourism with her love for foreign languages.

Silvia Pe is an Italian travel lover and a compulsive reader living in Sardinia. She works in tourism field for Royal Travel Jet, where she thrives on Content and Social Media Dpt.

Nerys is from rural west Wales but has been living in Milan since 2008 after studying Italian at university. She is very interested in travelling, and as well as the three languages she speaks fluently she also speaks some French and German. She loves music and spends a lot of time listening to the radio, and is always on the look out for interesting tales to tell in her blog A Welshie in Italy.

Amy Lucinda is an English teacher living in Northern Puglia. As well as enjoying the laid back lifestyle of her small, traditional town (with its wonderful wine and incredible gelato), she loves writing her blog about all things southern Italian (find her at sunshineandtomatoes.blogspot.it). She studied German at university, volunteered in Kenya, travelled the world for a little while, and then decided to settle in this beautiful part of the world.

She was born in 1986, she comes from Piedmont and she is a passionate travel blogger: thegirlwiththesuitcase.com. She would like to work in communication's branch and organization of events, but her dream is spend her life writing and travelling.

Kate Bailward is a cat-loving, trifle-hating, maniac driver who arrived in Italy in 2009 for a 9-month teaching contract. Three and a half years later she has given up teaching but has no plans to give up Italy. She is currently writing her first novel and she blogs at Driving Like a Maniac and Quasi Siciliana. One is about life in Sicily and the other about cooking, but they both end up being about telling stories - she just can't help herself.

Jessica Stewart is an art historian and photographer who has been living in Rome since 2005. She loves discovering off the beaten track places and sharing her finds. Since 2008 she has been using photography to document contemporary life in Rome via her blog, RomePhotoBlog and in 2012 published Street Art Stories Rome, a book that recounts street art in Rome through words and pictures.

Laura Thayer is an American art historian and travel writer living in one of Italy’s most charming spots—the Amalfi Coast. She loves discovering and sharing the beauty, traditions and history of southern Italy’s Campania region. Her experiences and stories about daily life on the Amalfi Coast can be found at Ciao Amalfi.

Leslie Rosa is an independent art curator and writer based in Venice.  She also keeps busy studying to become an AIS-certified sommelier, tango dancing, and writing for her new blog, La Bella Vita Miscellany, an illustrated exploration of all (lovely) things Italian.

Natalia Baeza is a researcher in philosophy at the University of Florence. Born in Colombia, she has lived most of her life in the United States, but has also lived in England and Germany. She fell in love with Italy, and especially Tuscany, during her first visit in 2010, and in 2012 relocated to Florence. She loves reading, traveling, doing yoga, finding unusual places off the beaten track, learning new languages and writing.

Sara Donahue has been living and working in the beautiful, largely undiscovered Puglia region for the past 20 years. She teaches writing at the University of Bari and works as a freelance translator and travel writer. She enjoys sharing the unique facets of southern Italian life through her photoblogs Molfetta Daily Photo and Amid the Olive Trees.

Luisa was born in Rome, Italy. After high school she studied restoration of wall paintings and canvas. She attended a master’s Degree in Communication and Publishing and starts to work for two publishing houses that much have to do with contemporary art. Currently located in Sassari she is the curator of a Photobook on ancient churches in Sardinia.

Claudia Carta was born in Sardinia. She is an expert in fashion and in ’80 music. She loves travelling and exploring new cultures. She likes photography and beauty. She has got a Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures and can speak Italian, French, English, German and a little bit Russian and Spanish.

Katie fell in love with Italy from her first visit in 2002. She now calls it home, writing and capturing the culture of the enchanting city of Florence on her blog Olio di Oliva e Sogni di Vino. Whether she’s checking out the hottest wine bar, sipping espresso at the local bar or riding her bike through the streets of Florence, Katie is always exploring the ancient cobblestones of Florence, one step at a time.