I was out to dinner the other night as my last meal out in Lucca before heading to Rome and then New York, and I ended up chatting with some nearby Canadians. Inevitably, why I was living in Lucca came up in conversation, and I told them that I was a travel writer living abroad. […]
Archives for May 2015
Coming Home: Returning from Life as an Expat
I’m headed back to the States in a few days, and my expat journey in Italy will officially be over. I’ve lived here for a quite a while now, and it would be accurate to say that I’ve had mixed emotions. On the one hand, I’m saying goodbye to an experience that has shaped […]
Mamma Mia! Tips and Tricks for Palermo
I’ve lived in Italy for quite a while now, and regrettably I’ve seen a very limited amount of it. I decided to change this by heading south to some warmer weather (it’s been rainy and foggy here in Lucca—an atypical Tuscan spring). Taking the approach that the best trips are usually the least planned, I […]