Food lover? Can’t get to Italy this year? Here’s the next best thing
We all had hopes and plans this year. A global pandemic callously crushed them for many. For most of the world, leisure travel has been…
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Arrivederci 2020: HeartRome year in review
Every year I sit down to write my year in review. To fit in with the theme for 2020, of course this one was different. It’s been the longest March of our life. A year no one expected, a year no one will ever forget. I’m sure I’m not alone in selfishly thinking on more than one occasion, couldn’t the greatest health, social and economic crisis of a generation happen
My Rome anniversary away from Rome and when I’ll return
I’ve always celebrated the anniversary of the day I moved into my first apartment in Rome in Rome . Makes sense. Every year I make peace with and reflect on another year gone by in the Eternal City. The city I fell in love with decades ago and the city I’ve called home since 2011. This year nothing makes sense. Nothing at all. As we all try to process and manage life
Food lover? Can’t get to Italy this year? Here’s the next best thing
We all had hopes and plans this year. A global pandemic callously crushed them for many. For most of the world, leisure travel has been cancelled indefinitely with borders shut and a range of other restrictions. Even with much of the world slowly coming out of lockdown, sadly so many Italophiles won’t get to Italy this year. We know it’s not the same but businesses across the boot have mobilized
500 year anniversary of Raphael’s death in Rome
Rome was set to celebrate one of the art world’s biggest anniversary years. But like many plans for 2020, the pause button has been hit. Read on for how you can still enjoy the occasion. First things first though. What’s the link between Rome and Raphael? Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino wasn’t born in Rome but the city became his home and his muse at a very young age. He spent