Italy

Piazza Castello, Turin, Italy

Photo: Brent Petersen Torino's Piazza Castello really goes all out for Christmas.  There's a massive cone of spectacularly colored lights…

6 years ago

Undiscovered Chianti

Vertine, Italy Photo: Brent Petersen Tuscany is perhaps the best known region of Italy and is quite crowded with tourists.…

6 years ago

Bicerin, the famous coffee drink of Turin, Italy

Bicerin at al Bicerin in Turin, Italy (photo: Brent Petersen) If you visit Turin (Torino), Italy, you're sure to hear…

6 years ago

Why isn’t gelato in America this good?

Photo: Karen L. Campopiano I take the cone from man behind the counter.  The cone is piled with slabs of…

6 years ago

Roasted chestnuts in Rome

Photo: Brent Petersen One of my favorite things about being in Italy in the fall and winter is the chestnut…

6 years ago

Christmas in Turin, Italy

The start of our Christmas dinner at Eatly, Turin (photo: Brent Petersen) It's Christmas day in Torino, Italy.  Nothing is…

6 years ago

Graffiti in Palermo, Sicily

Photo: Brent PetersenPhoto: Brent PetersenPhoto: Brent PetersenPhoto: Brent PetersenPhoto: Brent PetersenPhoto: Brent Petersen About the Author Brent Petersen is the…

6 years ago

Papyrus making in Sicily

Less than an hour from Catania's international airport in Sicily is one of my favorite towns in the world, Ortigia. …

6 years ago

Straw the police’s noise

Graffiti in Turin, Italy (Photo: Brent Petersen) I have not idea what the literal translation of "Straw the Police's Noise"…

6 years ago

Citrus in Sicily

Fresh squeezed orange juice made with citrus from the Ortigia Market (photo: Brent Petersen) The exact dates vary, but the…

6 years ago