The towers of San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a city of towers. Fourteen in total these days (although at one point there were as many as 72!).
It is in giving away that we receive
St Francis believed in a life free of material goods where worth was measured in kindness. How a visit to the Italian town of Assisi reinforces this idea.
Back when companies cared about their workers…
The old Italian company town of Crespi d’Adda reveals a time in history when employees cared about the welfare of their workers and families.
Things to do in Siena
With so many things to do in Siena, it’s easy to spend a day or two here… unless, that is, it’s the day of The Palio!
History’s biggest scam?
Everyone knows the Tower in Pisa leans, but it’s not clear exactly why. There’s one theory that it has all been done just to get you there to look at it!
The not so quiet American
The not so quiet American in my hostel has some interesting ideas about the world. Or, to put it better, he has no idea about the world.