“San Martino, San Martino, castagne e vino.” Oh, yes: chestnuts and wine for the November 11th Feast of St. Martin.-But not just any chestnuts and wine. We have roasted chestnuts with new red wine. And for San Martino, we always join our rural friend, Peppa, for chestnuts roasted on her wood-burning stove paired with this year’s…
It’s always a joy to tour with Becky and Marcello and the small groups they bring to Italy. On a recent trip with a most pleasant group, we headed to Deruta for a guided tour by Michele of the creation of those magical maiolica artistic pieces of his family’s business. A few of these photos might…
In Assisi on November 4th, civic authorities, a band, military representatives and jubilant school children all gathered to celebrate the Giornata dell’Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate (“Day of National Unity and the Armed Forces”), commemorating the end of Worl War I in 1918. An early-morning procession left from the Piazza di Santa Chiara, heading to…
Just about every two years since 1961, thousands have joined in an October march for peace from Perugia to Assisi (about 24 km), promoted by Aldo Capitini, philosopher who had named the march “Marcia della pace e della fratellanza tra i popoli” (“March of peace and brotherhood among peoples”). The peace march organizers cite the…