Every September 26th, vases of fresh flowers encircle the pink limesonte plaque on the floor at the entrance to the Basilica Superiore di San Francesco. Look closely at the plaque and you’ll see that it’s incised with four names below the T-shaped Tau cross (symbol of St. Francis): the two restorers and two friars who…
As you stroll the labyrinthine alleyways of medieval hill towns, you might see sheets, towels and clothing hanging out to dry. In our Assisi backstreets these days, white sheets flutter over the streets – painted with portraits. Assisi artist, Claudio Carli, paid tribute to the neighborhood life of the Porta Perlici area of Assisi, painting…
Pino had been back and forth to Castiglione del Lago countless times during the months his company restored the massive medieval walls of this lakeside gem, often enjoying a lake fish lunch while there. But on a recent outing there, we discovered a winner of a ristorante/pizzeria where lake fish stars: La Capannina. In this…
Two out of three nights on the magical island of Marettimo (western Sicily coast), we ate at Il Veliero and only because one night we arrived too late to nab a table. As you walk towards the swinging door of this small seaside trattoria with leaping blue dolphins painted on the side, you already suspect…