The Historic Horse Race of Palio di Siena [Italy]

Pre-Spiel: Timing a visit to Europe and Italy can be a strategic exercise.. Having heard about this race from my parents who missed it by days, I wasn’t going to miss it by any! Arriving just in time, the buildup and race (+ after party) was immensely fun as expected! What a thrilling event, albeit […]

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Cinque Terre [Italy]

Pre-Speil: I first heard about these little towns you ‘have to’ walk between, scattered along the West coast of Italy. That was 2002.. 10 years later – I made it! Vernazza:

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