The countryside of central Italy comes alive in the fall with the rhythm of the olive harvest. The annual event can last for weeks depending upon the weather, and this year’s torrential rains delayed things well into our arrival in Umbria last week. This made our stay at our last farm, Malvarina, particularly special, because [...]

During this trip we have visited our fair share of small Italian towns. We’re not huge museum goers and after seeing about our 200th church, our philosophy about Italian churches has evolved into something like, seen one, seen them all. We usually just walk around the historic center and poke our heads into the bakeries, [...]