Travel

That my pronunciation of Italian words often falls short of the mark, well, I’ll be the first one to admit that. Still, I was a little surprised when my son, Sandro, first started correcting it. “An-chee-o,” he instructed me—not that …

What a wonderful experience to dream about a place and then to find oneself standing there on the very earth as though transported by some special gift. And this is especially so if the unique place was also the abode …

Turn up your taste buds and mark your calendar because the Turin Chocolate Fair, CioccolaTO 2013, is coming up hot the first two weeks in March 2013. During this time the Piazza Vittorio Veneto area in the middle of Turin …

In vetta…alla classifica delle piste da sci più belle: dalle Dolomiti dell’Alto Adige alla Valle d’Aosta Se tutto l’anno siete in trepidante attesa dei fiocchi di neve, delle battaglie a palle di neve, della cioccolata calda, del camino acceso e…dei …

Rome – When in Rome, the old saying goes, “Do what the Romans do.” Well, if you arrive around April 21st, Romans will be celebrating their city’s 2,766th birthday. Her age, after all, is part of her timeless appeal.   …

Le rocce della baia di La Jolla, San Diego, California, sono grandi e acuminate, spuntano tra prati e cale di sabbia grossa, fanno da corona alla siesta di leoni di mare puzzolenti e mitologici spaparanzati sulla riva; il vento che …

Monsters exist. Sure, for some of us, they are just figments of our imagination, creatures that loomed underneath our beds, or hidden in our closets when we were little, while for others, they are alive and well.  On any given …

In volo, è riconoscibile da altri rapaci per la macchia bianca che ha sul dorso. La sua colorazione rossiccia e il suo ventre chiaro striato di macchie più scure completano una morfologia che la rende riconoscibile dagli altri rapaci e …

Talk long enough to anyone who has worked in the Venetian hospitality industry and he or she will inevitably get around to mentioning (with a roll of the eyes) the time a foreign tourist inquired by phone about on-site parking …

Pane e speck per la merenda ad alta quota. In Val d’Ultimo tra i masi e le malghe di Santa Valburga Santa Valburga è la località più grande della Val d’Ultimo, in Alto Adige, che si chiama così per analogia …