We arrived in Tuscany during the olive harvest or raccolta. Italy is second in the world, after Spain, in olive oil production. I have always loved olive oil for cooking and dipping but since moving …
Street to Table: How Daring Is Your Palette?
Street food in Palermo is deadly serious. ~ Anthony Bourdain We have tried many different angles when approaching history through travel with the kids. Sicily is certainly not alone in Europe with …
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Are You An Adventure Seeker?
Over the last 10 years, I can remember so many conversations with adventurous friends and family returning from various vacations. People would describe trekking adventures, heli-skiing vistas, and …
New Perspectives on Old Traditions
We arrived on the island of Sicily on January 6th. Epiphany is a national holiday in Italy and everything is closed. After making our way to a small mountain village called Petralia Soprana, we …
Adding Fuel to Your Fireside Chat
Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves! ~Italian Proverb A Christmas Eve bonfire? We were intrigued. As we ventured to the town of Nemoli, population 1,500, we wondered what we would find …
Creating Your Own Soundtrack
I can’t walk past a blackberry bush dripping with berries and not pick them. I see jam and cobblers and vanilla ice cream smothered in blackberry sauce and something inside me says pick. The men in my …
