Nel Momento: Staying in the Italian moment

Nel Momento is fireflies and moonbeams, hiking the Cinque Terre, bellinis at Harry's Bar, Gregorian chanting of Olivetan monks in a centuries-old monastery, three-hour dinners beside the ancient Boboli Garden wall with new neighbors, quickly becoming old friends. Nel Momento is this and much more. It's not a travel book in the traditional sense. It's a book for foodies; veteran globe trotters and complete novices; those who know Italy and love her, or for those who yearn to experience the magic for the first time. It's for dreamers and starry-eyed romantics. It's for those who love to dine al fresco on a lawn overlooking a moonlit vineyard, or those who would rather shop the mercato for fresh pasta and prosciutto and parmesan to prepare their own feast... accompanied by a chianti from a neighborhood enoteca. It's all about finding your perfect Italian moment and living it. Enjoy!Nel Momento is Stu Bailey's first venture into the wild and wonderful world of book writing, inspired after publishing several articles in the well-known international food magazine, Tastes of Italia. A banker most of his working career, Stu's love of travel started at the age of twelve with a month's trip to Paris and his love of music and art (he's an accomplished stone sculptor), has shaped him into anything but a left-brained pencil pusher. Follow Stu and his wife, Jamie, as they unplug for nine weeks, traveling from Roma to Venezia, Lago di Como to the Cinque Terre, wandering the back alleys of Firenze, purposefully lost. A once in a lifetime adventure that brings you along, feeling you're right there beside them.