I had heard that the best way to get an introduction to a city is a Hop on, Hop off bus. For your typical Copenhagen tourist maybe; not for me. To me that sounded just way too “touristy.” There was no way I was going to do that. For once in my life, I was [...]
5 of the best picnic locations in Rome Rome’s warm spring weekends beg for a picnic. As the warmer months begin to bless the city, during weekends, Romans tend to migrate to nearby pastoral locations laden with copious amounts of picnic food. Bucolic folly and loud outdoor snoring become mandatory. This coming weekend, families and [...]
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ I would add to that, “as in front of Italian food.” Most people will probably arrive at Brunetti’s Cookbook because they are already fans of Donna Leon’s Guido Brunetti mysteries series. As a reader who is not an huge fan [...]
