The Birds of San Gimignano
We arrived in San Gimignano after a brief stop in Siena. San Gimignano has been showing up more in myContinue Reading
We arrived in San Gimignano after a brief stop in Siena. San Gimignano has been showing up more in myContinue Reading
Florence, or Firenze, is the birthplace of the Renaissance. With statues, beautiful and distinctive yellow buildings with green or brownContinue Reading
As we climbed into Umbria on the train, the landscape we’d experienced for the past two weeks on the CampaniaContinue Reading
After a couple of weeks in Campania: Naples, the islands of Ischia and Capri, Positano, Amalfi and Pompeii, we wrappedContinue Reading
I don’t have many regrets in my life and I’m not one to pine over or dwell on missed opportunities,Continue Reading
Well, we didn’t ride in on a donkey and they didn’t greet us with palm fronds, though there were plentyContinue Reading
After several weeks of intense Italian cities: the narrow carrugi of Genoa, the energy of Rome and the insanity ofContinue Reading
After a long day of transfer from Ischia, we landed in Capri just before the sun sank into the seaContinue Reading
After a bumpy, windy and rainy ferry ride across from Napoli, we arrived on the Isola of Ischia for aContinue Reading
When you arrive at the Napoli Centrale train station, you are immediately taken aback: grit, trash, homelessness, graffiti. It isContinue Reading