Chiuso per Ferie (An Insider’s Italy Rome in August)

As summer wanes and Romans slowly return to their city rhythms, it feels like the perfect moment to revisit one of my favorite times on […]

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Meaningful Travel

In these fraught times, it seems to me that the best thing to do is to immerse yourself in what is most meaningful to you. […]

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Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving fills my heart with thanks. I give thanks for the possibility to travel all year long in a country which affords me my profession, daily […]

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Longing for Italy

There are moments when I am not in Italy and when I am overwhelmed by a longing for it. As you review the photo essay […]

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A Toast to the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene !

It makes our hearts sing to know that not only does the pizza of Naples have UNESCO World Heritage recognition and protection, but since last […]

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Chiuso per Ferie (An Insider’s Italy Rome in August)

As summer wanes and Romans slowly return to their city rhythms, it feels like the perfect moment to revisit one of my favorite times on […]

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Rome is a City of Animals

Rome is a city of swifts, whose arrival close to the day of San Benedetto (March 21) marks for me the beginning of spring. Their […]

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Rome and Roman Memory

Only children, in my experience, maintain an ongoing conversation with themselves much of the time, a habit we establish in early childhood.  Adults are not […]

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