With the victory today of Vincenzo Nibali in the Giro d’Italia (the Tour de France of Italy), it seems fitting to offer a few notes about biking Levanto and the areas around Levanto. In many ways, Levanto is not your ideal biking locale, at least not unless you consider […]
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For those of you passionate about cycling or who are just interested in another aspect of Italian cultural/sporting phenomena, the Giro d’Italia is one of those can’t miss experiences. While less famous than the Tour de France, the Giro is nonetheless one of the top-tier events on the international cycling […]
It turns out that not all playing cards are the same the world round. While in the US, I never once remember seeing anything aside from the standard 52-card deck, here in Italy, the 40-card deck is much more popular. And just to make matters more complicated, there are different […]
My father, a born Doubting Thomas, has always been suspicious of the existence of wild boar (cinghiale in Italian) in Italy. After spending three weeks in Tuscany a few years ago, he calculated that based on the number of restaurants serving wild boar in various forms (stew, steak, sausage, jerky, […]
My grandfather, whose nickname was Fish, had his origins in a fishing village in Norway and spent much of his free time on the waters of Lake Michigan near Charlevoix. Two of his brothers moved East and worked the fleet out of Gloucester, Mass. My father is an avid fisherman […]
Here in Levanto, the summer tourist season is tailing off (though the weather is still quite summery) and people are gearing up for the next big event: the ASP World Tour Longboard Competition, the first international surfing event ever held in Italy. I’ve tried surfing twice in my life, once here […]