3 Tips to Help You Plan Your Puglia Summer Accommodations
Planning a summer trip to Puglia? These three tips will help you avoid a hotel disaster.
From Foreign Language to Lingua Franca: Italian Immersion Programs in Italy
I have a confession. Despite having lived in Italy for nearly three years and having studied Italian off and on for a number of years, I have a long way to go before I can consider myself fully fluent in the language. There has been one time, however, when I felt really confident about my Italian…
Five Favorite Flavors From Ferrara and Modena
To ring in the New Year, my family and I rented a farmhouse for a few days on the outskirts of Ferrara. Thinking back to the trip, the timing wasn’t ideal. Ferrara was freezing and on New Year’s Eve, the fog was so thick on our drive into town to watch the fireworks over Castello…
The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Saint Valentine of Terni
Saint Valentine, a Christian bishop from Terni, Umbria, was martyred in Rome during the 3rd century AD. Learn more about his life, death, and legend.
Five Lessons Learned While Living and Traveling in Italy
Reflection is part of the prescription for moving from one year into the next. So while I wanted to write a year-end round-up a month ago, I realized that such an article would not fully capture the joys, sorrows, and idiosyncrasies of being an expat resident and traveler in Italy. Five is an arbitrary number,…
In Rome, Communing Over Coffee
In the mornings after I’ve sent the kids off to school and tidied up the house I go down and have my morning cappuccino.