Kathy McCabe- Dream of Italy Founder & Host/ Italian Travel Expert

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How many times has she been to Italy? Hear about her early days
in journalism which includes if the job at ABC News taught her
anything that she may be using today and did she take anything
from working at World News Tonight and Peter Jennings? Listen for
how working at USATODAY.COM made her so aware of typos and
attention to detail. What was her love before it was Italy?


Kathy explains how she researched all her ancestors in Italy,
wrote a biography of her Italian-American grandfather in high
school and the story how she took her parents back to this area
that had not been visited in over 100 years. The moment when the
name- Dream of Italy clicked which began as a magazine and
extensive website DREAMOFITALY.COM that has evolved over the last
nineteen years. 


Dream of Italy TV Series conversation, which is well worth the
time to watch, hear about interviewing  Francis Ford
Coppola, challenges of filming in Italy, the size of the crew,
and is there a season 3 in the future? The brand-new
special-Dream of Italy- with Sting & Trudie Styler: Travel,
Transform, & Thrive. Get the insight on how the concept began
and is now a PBS Special. 


Italian dual citizenship is popular now and Kathy gives the
lowdown on you can qualify, where you can go for assistance (See
Links), and then talks about if moving to Italy is something she
gets asked about. Her podcast was started in 2019 that we touch
on how much fun this is and when it will be back. Are there any
places in Italy she has not been too that she wants to visit,
will she get you in touch with the locals in Italy on your visit,
and are there solutions for Venice & Florence that have
overcrowding issues from people visiting?


Get her take on where you should visit, language barrier, and
what sight/sound/smell that take her to Italy. 


Links:


Dream of Italy Website: https://dreamofitaly.com/


Find When the PBS Special will be aired in your area:
https://dreamofitaly.com/travel-transform-thrive/


Italian Dual Citizenship: 
https://www.italyancestry.com/         
     Code- Dream of Italy for discount


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Extra 5


Speaking at the Smithsonian Museum 


Her love of dogs, especially Wire Fox Terriers, and her pl


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