Five Gasp-Worthy Experiences in Bologna
1 Quadrilatero, Bologna's Old City Market Fred Plotkin, author of the extensive food guide (that I most highly recommend!) called "Italy...
A Walk in Paris (with Paris Greeters)
It is ironic to think that in a place where the architecture, the cobblestone streets, the churches, the palaces have stayed the same...
La Dolce Vita Lessons from the Italian Table at Emilia-Romagna
The smell of fresh baking bread welcomed us to what would be our home for the next few days in the mountains of Regnano, at the center of...
10 Obscure but Exquisite Things on the Italian Table
Italy. The mere utterance of the word makes my stomach growl. I have just recently returned from an Italian road trip and the verdict is...
We are Back from our Italian Road Trip!
We are back from our two-week holiday in Europe! We spent a few days in Holland and a total of ten days in Italia. We traveled 1,000...
Planning a DIY Travel to Tuscany
Tuscany. The mere mention of the place conjures up intense images of verdant rolling hills in the Italian countryside, making the notion...
Postcard from Venice (Also: What do you Mean the Train isn't Running?)
Life halts in Italy for a couple of hours at lunch. Yes, even the trains. I cannot say that this has not been met with exasperation and...
Go for Goat! (On the California Cheese Trail: Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese)
I felt as though we were in an estranged place and time. A place perhaps forgotten by the reach of development I thought was inescapable;...
The How-To of Where to Eat in Paris
The biggest lie I’ve heard about Parisian food is that you can’t go wrong. Well, wrong. You can go wrong and I have. Paris gets millions...
Mon Paris
I clutched the folded map I've had since the last time I was here, about a year ago now. I am not a big souvenir nut, but this metro map...
