EXPLORING MY ADOPTED CITY AND BEYOND
Mimicry, it seems, is high on the priorities list of many a traveller – myself undoubtedly included. Pasty-hued chaps whose sun-starved limbs are usually wrapped in dark, gaberdine wool suddenly thrust themselves into perfectly crinkled, bone-coloured slacks that are perhaps better suited to those whose appendages are perpetually tanned. Handkerchief-thin linen button-ups – in shades… Continue reading
From Venice, travel deeper into the landscape of the watery Veneto region and you enter an Italy suspended in amber, where the disparate architectural elements of ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance come together beautifully. The charming city of Verona becomes a picture-perfect postcard scene created over the centuries, unbroken for generations. The… Continue reading
The maze of beauty that entwines the hilltop town of Arezzo, nestled within a picturesque series of undulating valleys in eastern Tuscany, is due, in part to the striking Renaissance architecture that adorns this ancient settlement. However, originally colonised by the Etruscans almost three thousand years ago, the strategically located hilltop town became one of… Continue reading
What must Florence have been like during the city’s Age of Enlightenment. Brunelleschi was constructing his ground-breaking dome that would soon perch high above the city’s red brick skyline, presiding over the people with steadfast assurance and monumental beauty. How must it have felt to wander through the rabbit warren of brooding Medieval alleyways, to… Continue reading
“I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.” – Ennio Morricone Travel is a privilege that gives us the opportunity to observe, and hopefully learn from, cultures and customs that are not our own; especially when it comes to food traditions. Some places… Continue reading