With the second week of April approaching there are many exciting news and events that we know you all will be exciting about, from new museum opens to interesting recipes. Fashionista’s will rejoice at a journey through some of the best periods of Italian fashion with the 'BELLISSIMA' exhibit at Rome’s MAXXI Museum. In other museum news, the new Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), housing the world’s second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities, was inaugurated on April 1 to great fanfare, check out our slideshow of some of the artworks located inside. Also don’t forget that the Expo in Milan starts next month! We compiled a list of our favorite hotels in the city. We also delve into a special plant used to make spaghetti with this special recipe from one of our featured bloggers. Or ask tips from our community members here! For those of you looking for a one of a kind house in Italy, if you have a tight budget, you might want to consider a house in the Abruzzo region, some of them priced at only one euro! Or perhaps something a little closer to Lake Como, George is calling!