umbria

Umbria – the central Italian region long known for its bucolic rolling landscape, picturesque stone hill towns, fabulous art and architecture, and hearty country cuisine – has been late hopping on the spa bandwagon, but over recent years a number…

I love a good Italian memoir.  I seriously can’t ever get enough of them.  I’ll scour the Internet and my local library catalog for old ones, new ones, any ol ones really. I’ll admit that when the publishers of Marcus…

During my year in Italy I traveled by plane, train, taxi, car, bike and bus. I saw Italy through more windows than I can count and yet one particular journey stands out in my mind. It was a warm Saturday…