Tag Archives: Italy
Odds and ends, Rome, Italy
The confused question has now been replaced by a delighted exclamation: “Oh! You speak English!” At least this time, this reaction does not come as a surprise. I started my trip in the less-touristy region where my parents were born, but with every new destination since – Milan, Turin and Cinque Terre – I have [...]
Walking the trail, Cinque Terre, Italy
The map they gave me indicated that the 3km-walk between Vernazza and Monterosso would take approximately two hours, but it only took me an hour and a half. And wearing a pair of chucks too. The trail draws a wavy line along the coastal mountains of the Italian Riviera, sometimes rising to skirt the top-most [...]
The meaning of “Italian”, Torino, Italy
An unexpected thing has happened. Although I am probably the only person who did not expect it. I am now so fully absorbed into the Italian landscape that whenever it comes out that I’m actually Canadian-born, I’m met with confusion and a sputtered, “Comé. Non sei italiana?” It happens every day now. From the Italian [...]
Epic moments, Milan, Italy
If Milan is all about art and fashion, then the three days I spent there were an all-out success. 1) Seeing da Vinci’s The Last Supper While standing in the first of two sealed chambers, I placed myself quite deliberately at the back of the group so that I would be the last to enter. [...]
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Why we love the ocean, Porto d’Ascoli, Italy
No use talking about the places you’ve lived in or the people you’ve lived with. Our one true home is the sea. And it is a truth that forms even as our bones are beginning to shape themselves in the briny sea of a mother’s womb. The ocean is the place from which life arose [...]
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