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On Homesickness 20 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
Ed. note: I’m reposting this after a wave of recent homesickness, but it was originally posted on June 28, 2011. There are these weeds in Rome – I’m sure they’re in other places too, but I’ve only ev...
My French Supermarket 5 Jul 2013 | 11:02 am
Here is a map I drew of my Carrefour supermarket. The one that has random American products and where the stunning checkout girl came out to me. Because our apartment has only a dorm-sized fridge with...
Um… Why Isn’t Everyone Taking A French Barge Vacation? 1 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
Note: I’m reposting this because my friends could use more visitors to their Canal du Midi vacation barge, so if anyone you know is looking for a truly unique French vacation experience, GET ON IT! M...
Ode to a Traveler 2 Jan 2013 | 11:00 am
My friend John, pictured above, would have been 44 today. Join me after the jump to learn about the influence he had on my life, in a re-posting of something I wrote a month after his death in 2008. I...
On Meaningful Road Trips 13 Nov 2012 | 10:13 pm
In January 2004, Fabulous Cousin and I rented a car in Rome and drove to the east coast through the Apennines. They were breathtaking, with snowy caps and tiny mountainside villages and long tunnels a...
On An Endless Summer 11 Jul 2012 | 04:36 am
The summer before my freshman year in college, I had a job in a shop on the boardwalk selling sun cream and novelty t-shirts and goofy hats. In my free time I’d ride my bike in the opposite direction,...
In Which I Appear On Italian Morning Television 29 Jun 2012 | 06:57 pm
Yes, there is a story behind this video. Get ready. Last year, my good friend Alberico was arguably the most popular contestant on the first season of MasterChef Italia. He didn’t win, but as usual w...
Photos Of The Alps, The French Riviera, And Nice From An easyJet Flight 21 Jun 2012 | 07:26 pm
OK, I know I just said that I prefer trains when traveling between France and Italy. But I did take a low-cost flight from Rome to Nice on easyJet in December, and as blessed with a stunning view of t...
An Update On My Ongoing Love/Hate Affair With European Trains 18 Jun 2012 | 09:46 pm
As longtime gentle readers know all too well, I travel frequently between Rome and Montpellier, France. It is a journey of just over 600 miles, a distance that according to Google Maps would take a ha...
Celebrating Father’s Day From Far Away 17 Jun 2012 | 09:00 am
My father is the original foodie. He’s not the most verbose man on the planet – I’ve always maintained that he says five things a day, and they’re all hilarious – but he lives to eat, and doesn’t mind...
