Tag: Lazio

  • How to Spend One Year in Italy

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    How do you spend one year in Italy? Here’s a month-by-month, personal account of my first year living and traveling in Italy.

    Amalfi
  • Remembering the Battle of Montecassino

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    About an hour and a half south of Rome lies Montecassino, an enormous Benedictine monastery whose environs witnessed a very costly battle of World War II.

    Polish Cemetery at Montecassino
  • ‘An Irreverent Curiosity’ – An Interview with David Farley

    If you know me, you’ll know that I am nuts about religious relics. And if you know David Farley’s book “An Irreverent Curiosity,” you’ll know immediately why that first line is a wee bit funny. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Farley in Manhattan to discuss his book, which has the tag…

  • Four Great Golf Courses in Italy

    Italy may not be the first place one thinks of for a golfing vacation, but it does have some terrific courses set in stunning locations, many of which are near the tourist routes of Rome, Florence, and Milan. So if you’re a golfer interested in hitting the links in Italy, you’re in luck. Golf in…