Dining With the Gods – A Travel Essay
After almost half a century living in Toronto’s Little Italy, I make a return journey…
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More Precious than Diamonds
Despite my frequent trips to Italy, I consciously decided never to learn the language.…
Italian San Francisco
It is impossible to think of San Francisco without its Italian heritage. There are the…
Canadian Problems
It’s a Canadian problem. When you’re overseas, people don’t know what to make of…
Crossing Cultures
We’re waiting to catch a train to Venice, four of us: my husband and I, our son and…
Civil Life on the Canals
Venice has a reputation as a “serene” city – its surname in Italian is la…
Learning the Art of Language in Florence
Although Florence is famous for having once been flooded with artists and thinkers, today…
The Marches – All of Italy in One Region
Of the 40 million foreign tourists who flock to the “museum peninsula” every year,…
Colours of the Marches
Nestled behind its more celebrated neighbours of Emilia Romagna and San Marino to the…
The Garden of Monsters
A fascinating woodland area near the central Italian town of Bomarzo, whose…