Italy in Philly: Gran Caffe L’Aquila
Philadelphia has its own Little Italy and strong connections with the Mezzogiorno of old. But now there is a new connection and one that...
Lecturing at Catholic
Mediterranean history at Catholic (University of America) (Washington DC) I am at CUA (in Washington’s “Little Rome”) to lecture, give a...
Analysing the Devil in the White City
H.H. Holmes was a serial killer made famous by Erik Larson’s gripping The Devil in the White City. In Chicago’s gilded age Holmes preyed...
Big Moose Adirondack Camp
Labor Day weekend and the end of summer. I have motored to the Adirondacks. Generally unknown outside of the States, the Adirondack park...
Philly redux
Landing at Philadelphia International Airport, multiple signs in baggage claim spell out that the city of brotherly love is the USA’s...
Albania’s dynamic cultural heritage
Back in Albania for meetings about the future of Butrint and to see the excavations along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project. Butrint is...
Corfu’s iconic Asian Art Museum
Lucky to be in Corfu before crossing to Albania to visit different archaeological projects. I spend my free afternoon visiting old haunts...
The paradox of Gustav Mahler's heritage legacy
Italy is blessed by supreme diversity of landscapes. So, to escape winter winds, Sicily is one answer. To escape Rome’s heat-wave, the...
Snails at S. Pietro ad Palazzuolo
Monteverdi Marittimo, Tuscany. I first ate snails at S. Pietro in Palazzuolo in a huge old farmhouse following a torrential downpour. The...
Trapped at Rougiers, Provence
The American University of Rome beckons me; my vacation is over. A week’s hiking in Luberon has been a blessed respite: gloriously...
