Tag: Italy

Il Palio in Siena, Italy: The World’s Wildest Horse Race

Il Palio in Siena, Italy: The World’s Wildest Horse Race

Reader, please note that I wrote this in the summer of 2010. This is a story for entertainment purposes as certain details are too out of date to be a travel guide. Bribery, alliances, medieval tradition, grandiose public displays of emotion, danger, violence. I read about Il Palio in Siena, […]

Off The Beaten Path in the Cinque Terre, Italy

Off The Beaten Path in the Cinque Terre, Italy

Reader, NB that I had this experience in 2010. Overtourism was creeping in on Italy’s Cinque Terre but it had not yet suffered the destruction of both weather and wear from too many feet trodding its paths. I would love to go back and see what it’s like there today. […]