To New Beginnings on Sicily’s Aeolian Islands

by Abi Prowse | Mar 4, 2024 | Destinations, Europe, Italy, Travel

WORDS & PICTURES: Johanna Picano Connect with Johanna on Instagram | JohannaPicano.com If someone were to ask me to choose one day from last year, only one single day, that made the greatest impression on me, I would choose the day when I first experienced the...

A Love Letter to Italy

by Abi Prowse | Apr 19, 2023 | Italy, Lifestyle, Stories, Travel

WORDS: Emily Mais Connect with Emily on Instagram | @failing.gracefully | EmilyMais.com I don’t know who to address this love letter to. If it is to a group of people, a culture, a region, a country. A city. A feeling. An old home, a new home, or someone in...

Italy’s Coffee Capital: A Journey Through Time in Trieste’s Coffee Houses

by Abi Prowse | Apr 4, 2023 | Destinations, Eat + Drink, Europe, Italy, Travel

WORDS & PICTURES: Abi Prowse You’d be hard-pressed, at first glance, to guess at which country Trieste finds itself in. Tall, elegant terraces of Germanic houses are punctuated by the domed church roofs of Eastern Europe; the decidedly musical cadence of Slovenian...

Un’avventura culinaria: Udine’s Alternative Restaurant Guide

by Abi Prowse | Oct 17, 2022 | Destinations, Eat + Drink, Italy, Travel

WORDS & PICTURES: Abi Prowse I have often waxed lyrical about Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its unique location, striking nature, and long-standing traditions left me immediately spellbound, yearning to trek through its dramatic mountains and wander the meandering...

The Sicily Series: Seduced by Syracuse

by Abi Prowse | Jul 20, 2022 | City Guides, Destinations, Italy, Travel

WORDS & PICTURES: Johanna Picano Connect with Johanna on Instagram | JohannaPicano.com It’s taken me a long time to define what Syracuse has done for me; I’m not even sure that I’ve found the right expression yet. I could say that it’s a place I love, that I’m...

The Sicily Series: 24 Hours in Catania

by Guest VM | Apr 15, 2022 | City Guides, Italy, Travel

WORDS & PICTURES: Johanna Picano Connect with Johanna on Instagram | JohannaPicano.com Planning a weekend trip to Italy? Save Florence, Venice and Rome for later and explore Sicily’s Catania. Between the Ionian Sea and the highest active volcano in Europe lies...