Castello di Duino and the Rilke Path
After a couple slices of putizza—a spiral cake filled with chocolate, dried fruit, and nuts that we had purchased at Pasticceria Penso the day before—Mike and I headed out to…
Trieste: Grotta Gigante
By the next morning, the sun had returned, although there was a bit of a chill in the air. We began the day with more pastries at Pasticceria Penso: a…
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Check out my new travel "Highlights" on Afar.com: Europe's largest seafront square and a festival of wild berries.
Trieste: Castello di Miramare
It’s time to introduce my husband, Mike. Although we were not yet married at the time of this trip, we had been dating for about seven years. Mike had joined…
Castello di Gorizia
The first time I visited Gorizia, it was a bitterly cold February morning, the sky overcast and gloomy with the threat of impending snow. Now that it was May, conditions…
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Check out my new travel "Highlights" on Afar.com: a pumpkin festival and my favorite village in Carnia.
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Interview with Gianna Modotti
My second meeting with cooking instructor Gianna Modotti was scheduled for mid-afternoon, so I had the entire morning free. As I pondered my options over a late breakfast, I considered…
New Travel Highlights on Afar
Check out my new "Highlights" on Afar.com: two Alpine lakes and a food festival celebrating wild asparagus, mountain radicchio, and spring mushrooms.
Cooking Class with Gianna Modotti and the Sorelle Simili
Around mid-afternoon on the following day, I took a long walk from my hotel to meet Gianna Bellina Modotti, who ran a cooking school out of her home on Via…
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