I headed to the Lincoln Park Community Center… …for a festival called Lincoln Park Days. From the street, all you could see was a huge carnival area… …complete with fair food… …games… …and plenty of rides. Beyond the carnival area, the festival offered a more local flavor… …with hot food … Read more
Perhaps I am only posting a “Conclusion” because I posted an “Introduction.” There’s no real purpose from this post… …except to show you some pics I took. Apart from letting you know that this rock is the result of an avalanche that close the road to traffic two years ago… … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the third of three posts, featuring my favorite meals during My Trip in Italy. In this particular post, I also talk about the hotel and breakfast the following morning. ******************** Just across the way from downtown Castel di Sangro… …sits a former 16th-century monastery called Casadonna… … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the second of three posts, featuring my favorite meals during My Trip in Italy. ******************** I took a morning bus from Sulmona to Pescara… …and had only a 5 minute walk to my stylish hotel, the Victoria Hotel… I mean, check out my room door! Once … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the first of three posts, featuring my favorite meals during My Trip in Italy. ******************** On my last night in Catania, seven of us went out to eat… …at Ristorante Tre Bocche. Here, the fish greeted you at the door as you walked in… …and you … Read more
In this post, I will give you a glimpse of some of the more memorable food that I ate during my trip. Since I can’t decide whether to list the photos chronologically or by course (appetizer, first course, etc.), I’ll divide them into general categories (ie breakfast, snack, dessert, etc.). … Read more
In this post, I just want to give you an idea of my trip by showing your bits of each city visited in chronological order. If I feel there is a need for more information, I’ll write it under the picture. I hope you enjoy… Sulmona Tuesday, May 8 – … Read more
My cousin in Catania had kept an eye out for festivals… …and he was sure to let me know about the Catania Street Food Fest. That morning, after a cappuccino… …and a cream-filled brioche… …we walked along Via Etnea to understand the festival set-up (it wouldn’t start until later that … Read more
During my trip, I searched the walls for news of Italian festivals… …only to find that I had either arrived a month late… …or a few months early. I was just a week early for these festivals in Atri and Catania… …and just a day late for the festival in … Read more