- Do you think they are indifferent to all the ruins that surround people here? Just as we often take nature in Norway for granted? I ask, after three days on foot in the Eternal City. This year’s trip with Mom was to Rome.  Read More →

  It is kind of logical I think, that a vineyard should have a red swimming pool.  Read More →

It feels like she’s there no matter where I turn, Etna. Capriciously she watches over Sicily’s east coast while we are charmed by the narrow streets, the ruins and mixed antipasti.  Read More →

Sicily. Forget The Godfather and mafia – I’m thinking of Jacques Mayol, Enzo Maiorca and the movie The Big Blue.  Read More →