We recently returned from spending seven weeks in Europe — Denmark, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, and Italia. I’d like to share a few highlights of our summer travel advenure. This post is about our time in Denmark, Norway, Germany and Switzerland.
Travel to La Serenissima, Venice
October and November are truffle (tartufo) season in Piemonte in northwestern Italia. I was studying Italian in Torino in early October and joined a few classmates one weekend. We took […]
Palio horse race in Siena The first running this summer of the Palio in Siena was Sunday July 2. You can read about it here. Twice every summer, Siena hosts two runnings of the bareback […]
After two weeks in Menaggio, we took a train to Stazione Centrale train station in Milano where we had a three hour layover before boarding a train to Paris. Another unexpected event took place that sweltering August afternoon in Stazione Centrale. Watching thousands of travelers arriving and departing from the busy station, I had ‘un lampo di genio,’ a lightning bolt idea that became my first Milan Thriller, Thirteen Days in Milan.
Elena Ferrante – My Brilliant Friend Naples-born author Elena Ferrante has swept through the literary world like a whirlwind. If you’ve read her novels, you’ll understand why she’s so popular. Neapolitan Series […]
“The Lamps are going out all over Europe . . . we shall not see them again in our lifetime,” wrote Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary on August 3, […]
Violin Museum – Cremona When I visit Italy, I balance my time with research, travel, studying Italian, and learning about Italy’s many contribution to art, culture, science, and history. One […]
PROLOGUE The Egyptian Imam Milan February 17, 2003 Shortly before noon on a bitterly cold February day, a plainclothes maresciallo (marshal) of the Carabinieri military police shouted “Polizia!” and stopped […]
NO ONE SLEEPS I’m excited to announce the publication of No One Sleeps, the sequel to Thirteen Days in Milan. I’ve been working on No One Sleeps for more than two years, […]
Travel with us for a Year and a Day 