The last Sunday of the month is free at the Vatican, so early in the morning I woke up to try and beat the crowds as best as I could. At 7, San Pietro’s Basilica and square were nearly empty—just a few early risers and people praying.
I notice a line forming around the walls [...]
This weekend I took a train and went to Venice. Since it was Carnivale, a couple hundred thousand other people all had the same idea. The streets outside the bus station were packed, and in all the major piazzas and streets were thousands of masked, costumed, revelers. We took a ferry to Murano—the island [...]
This weekend we traveled to Assisi and Perugia—spending the night in Assisi and then taking a bus to Perugia for the afternoon on Sunday.
Assisi was a beautiful city—old architecture with mock doves flying everywhere.
As a very important city for St. Francesco (and for religious pilgrims) the whole hill had a calm and serene feel [...]
After a cancellation of my second flight, and eight hours in the Zurich airport I finally arrived in Rome, the eternal city. My apartment is gorgeous—a huge orange building in a quiet neighborhood.
Where a few feet down the street there is a huge old tree sprouting up from the middle of the street, which [...]
