A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Italy offers one the most priceless of one’s possessions – One’s own soul”
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934-2002) – American Journalist and memoirist
For some of us, driving a car is either an annoying or a harrowing experience. And this mild terror could exist even if we're "pretty good" drivers. But there are so many factors that come into play when we step in behind the wheel. Your editor drives, but only when required. (…
Let's hope not! To those of you who have visited Pompei in the past, (as we have done several times ourselves) have you ever been rushed, or crushed by the crowds and, in the end, felt disappointed in the experience? Pompeii is one one of those places where you want to . .…
Every time that we visit the big Italian cities, we often walk away scratching our heads. As we understand it, the The Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, but all of the paintings appear to be somewhere else, with Milan suspiciously appearing…
