I really wanted to like this one, for my love of Frances Mayes and my dream of traveling to Italy. She does have some beautiful descriptions of her travels, but this might be better suited for the overly analytical traveler/wine connoisseur. I'm not big on reading about specific details about food/wine, and there's a lot of that. It also felt repetitive: same Piazzas, cathedrals/chapels, villas/vineyards everywhere in Italy. It got a little dull.