I moved to Italy from Vermont at 18 to study archaeology. While plans changed, I did get to spend 13 years in this beautiful country. I’ve always loved digging deeper (no pun intended) and sharing experiences with friends, which these days, means sharing my Italian adventures (and misadventures).

It wasn’t long before I was fielding messages from people I’d never met asking advice on where to eat, sleep, drink, and explore in Italy. Even more than that, asking how I survived Italian bureaucracy. 

It took even less time for me to realize that answering these questions, uncovering the real Italy for curious souls (like you!), was what I wanted to do.

Italy is so much more than just la dolce vita. It’s Nonni keeping neighborhood watch from their window or playing bocce in the park. It’s hot espresso slammed back at a crowded bar. It’s infuriating bureaucracy and a land suffering and surviving corruption and mafia (yes, I said it, and will again). It’s sitting in a piazza and watching the world go by, a glass of wine in hand…

Italy is magic, heartache, wonder, joy, frustration, full bellies and belly laughs all rolled into one.

And I can't wait to share it all with you.