Laura and I have been having a won­der­ful time here in Lanciano, thanks entirely to our hosts, the D’Alessandro family. The family runs the Canadian College of Italy here in Lanciano, and life around town with them is non-stop. I call the old part of town the D’Alessandro Campus, as guests, stu­dents and staff are [...]

I hope every­one had a lovely Easter.  Here in Lanciano, Easter is a pretty big deal with parades and march­ing bands going around the town nearly every­day since last Thursday. Chris cap­tured some amazing shots of the Easter parade this past Thursday. We’ve been relax­ing in Lanciano with my good friend Cristina (who I call “Cris) [...]

Easter is of course huge for Italy’s Catholic pop­u­la­tion. In Lanciano, where we have been staying for the past week or so, Easter is a week long affair filled with social­iz­ing, shared meals, picnics, and reli­gious pro­ces­sions through the streets, replete with reli­gious arti­facts, cos­tumes and march­ing bands. On Thursday night before the Easter weekend, the [...]

I hate when people ask me if I’m a pho­to­grapher. Sometimes it’s the gear that prompts this. They see the expens­ive looking camera, or maybe pick up my kit for a moment and are taken aback by how heavy it is. “Whoa! You must be a pho­to­grapher.” Maybe it’s the final shots that have them whoa-ing, [...]

Laura and I are killing a few hours here in Rome before catch­ing a bus to Lanciano. We had about a day to take in a few sights and pasta dishes here. After almost 2 months in Turkey, the food here has been a huge delight for us. Pizaa, pasta, beef steak! And the pork! [...]