Rome-Ostia on Foot: If Ancient Romans Did It…

Part 1: I was Young, Married, and Foolish I’ve always enjoyed walking and, in my late-twenties, I learned to love jogging.  Somewhere along the way I purchased a book called A Piedi nel Lazio (On foot [...]

Paestum mid-September 2020

Mid-September rolled around and I still hadn’t gone on vacation.  Correction: I still hadn’t traveled anywhere.  I had maintained a spectacular track record until this year: Jordan in January, 2013; archeological sites in Spain for a month in [...]

Buried Treasure

What does your favorite Rome guide do now that she is virtually unemployed?  The short answer is I’ve been tidying up a book on the Roman Forum that I would like to have published as soon as possible [...]

Twenty-five years of Rome… January 26th, 2020

I came to Rome for my last semester of college.  It was the end of January, 1995.  I was young(ish) and unprepared for the experience.  (More unprepared than young!)  My expectations of the Eternal City were based on [...]

Give an Experience: Give a Tour Bonus!

Giving a unique gift is a thrill.  So contribute to part of a newly-wedded relative’s honeymoon.  Invest in your kids’ first solo trip to Europe.  Or help close friends celebrate an anniversary in a memorable and educative way.  Donate [...]