Inside the stone walls that surround Città Alta, the upper town of Bergamo, Italy, a medieval city continues to thrive. In the 17th century, Venetians built the walls to protect the town from Milan. Today, residents and university students live and shop here, dine at local restaurants and lounge in the sun on the Piazza [...]
Cobblestone streets, a 1580′s era town hall with a frescoed facade, outdoor cafes on a plaza bordering a mountain lake, a fairy tale looking island in the middle of that lake – atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere. This is exactly what Alan and I hoped to find on our baby boomer adventure in Northern Italy. To continue [...]
When the large food venders rolled in, I knew this was going to be a big one. Lecce features events of all shapes and sizes on a weekly basis each summer, but the biggest celebration of all is the Sant’Oronzo Festival. The lights-in-main-piazzastreets are lined with elaborate, blazing light displays as well as food and [...]
In Venice, ancient city of mariners and merchants, we rented a second floor apartment facing Via Giuseppe Garibaldi. This wide avenue, once a waterway, now a canal of stone and cement, swirls with grandmothers pushing children too old to be in umbrella strollers (but in them anyway), schoolchildren, businesspeople. Here, the tolling bell of a [...]
Civita di Bagnoregio ranks high as one of the most unusual villages in Italy. This is the place to see when you want to step into history and a strange, almost fantasy landscape less than 100 miles from Rome. The Bagnoregio part has the charm of Renaissance architecture, cozy piazzas and a good restaurant, Hostaria [...]
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