Margaret Cowan
Margaret owns a tour company, Mama Margaret & Friends Cooking Adventures in Italy. They offer cooking & wine tours with lots of local people so you experience real Italian life.
She lived in Italy 3 years and travels to Italy twice year.
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She lived in Italy 3 years and travels to Italy twice year.
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UBC B.Comm, M.EdInterests
travel, Italy, hiking, photography, public speaking, dancing, food & wine, personal development, writing, story telling, laughing, learning, new adventuresMotto
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Aeolian Island of Stromboli: More Than Its Five Star Active VolcanoWhy Stromboli is great not only for hikers but also if you love photography, seafood, spectacular nature, sea, beaches and a sensual feast. Restaurant & hiking suggestions.
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How to Find an Affordable Italian Cooking School TourTwo tips with examples and price comparisons: ask for what you want and stay and cook with local Italian families.
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How to Experience Local Family Life on Your Trip in ItalyFour ways to get to know locals: cooking with families in their homes, taking courses and renting rooms in local homes, staying at farm B & Bs, and dining with families in their homes through Home Food. -
Favorite Florence Experiences in My 35 Years of VisitingA visitor to Florence for 35 years, who also lived there, describes her favourite experiences: Ferragamo Shoe Museum, three wine bars, Iris Garden in spring, and 11th century San Miniato Al Monte church that has special energy.
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Italy Trip Planning Tips: Save Time, Get the Best Value & FunSeven practical steps and tips to save you time in researching and planning your trip to Italy, so you get the most value and have the most fun on your Italy trip, written by a traveler going to Italy over 30 years.
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Less Known Aeolian Island, Filicudi: Unexpected Food and Soul PleasuresPersonal experience mini-guide on enjoying the remote Aeolian Island of Filicudi off Sicily's N.E. coast: hotel, food, walks, nature, relaxation with unexpected pleasures. -
Family Business Wins Government Battles Twice: The Schuler Family's Determination and Victory in SicilyA true, inspiring story of a small business family in Taormina, Sicily, whose hotel and villa home got expropriated and returned to them twice through their fierce determination and networks. How they expanded the business in changing times. -
How to Wow the Love of Your LifeA true story of a woman who surprised her foodie boyfriend with a tour in Italy, not telling him the destination. How she, him and his friends deepened their bonds. How important it is to escape from work, spend quality time with loved ones. -
How Not to Walk an Amalfi Coast Trail: An Unexpected AdventureAdvice on hiking Southern Italy's Amalfi Coast paths from a woman who hiked a path to Positano alone. She found the paths not well marked and took some risks.
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A Little Appreciation Makes Big Italian FriendsThree true, entertaining tales from an Italian tour company about how thanking people who do great work result in overwhelmingly appreciative reactions to you. Why it's so important to thank people. -
How to Visit Piedmont's Barolo and Barbaresco Wineries in Italy: Tips and TalesA short guide for wine lover travelers to Piedmont's Barolo wine country. Tips on why, when, how to visit wineries, regional wines. Three tales of winery visits with unique, hospitable, fun winery owners, that you can enjoy.
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Grow Your Business & Life: Go with the Flow & Your HeartA Canadian business owner of a company offering tours in Italy tells you two tales on how she started and grew her business. She started conversations with people she met by "coincidence", went with the flow and followed her heart.
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Massimo Ranieri Inspires in Life & Business: I Sing Because I Don't Know How to SwimLessons in success in life and business shown by Massimo Ranieri, one of Italy's most popular singers, in his concert. -
Travel Single and Happy in ItalyFrequent single traveler to Italy gives 14 tips on companionship, safety, money and quality of life so single travelers enjoy their trips to the max in Italy.
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Amalfi Coast Little Jewel Town, PraianoA description of a small beautiful town, Praiano: where to stay, down home but excellent restaurants to eat, beaches, local festivals, local transport to get along the Amalfi Coast.
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How to Enjoy Your Italy Cooking School Tour to the MaxItaly cooking tour expert gives 4 tips on how to get the most out of your cooking school vacation in Italy, so you have the most fun and protect your investment of money and time.
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Italy Cooking School Tours: How to Choose the Right One for YouAn Italy cooking school tour expert gives you 10 practical questions to ask yourself as you research Italian cooking vacations so you zero in quickly on the right one for you and protect your investment of time and money.