Daily Archives: September 26, 2017

Abruzzo Detour: Seeking Tenth Century Splendors

Pino often has quite a jaunt to bid on stone restoration work in distant sites. If I’m not booked for a tour on the day he’s headed to an area I’ve never seen, I go “along for the ride”…….and the wonders. I joined in gladly when he headed to Magliano de’ Marsi, Abruzzo mountain town…

Near Reggello, Cascia Secrets Unveiled

Enroute to a wedding celebration near Reggello, south of Florence, we stopped for an espresso in a whisper of a town along the winding road skirting vineyards and olive groves, Cascia di Reggello. A towering bellower flanked a medieval church graced with a Romanesque portico and we headed over to explore: what a gem, that…