I know I can speak for Laura as well when I say that we found it dif­fi­cult to leave Lanciano.
As I write this, we’re speed­ing north in a cozy train com­part­ment toward Piacenza, Italy to see our friend Christine. Laura is napping on the seats across from me, lines of sun­light and shadow moving lazily [...]

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)  and [...]

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 Churches [...]