Author Archives: Howard Goldman

“Traveling…leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta Desperate to return our Lancia before the 3-day Easter shutdown, we race to the tiny car rental outpost at the Bolzano Airport and discover it shuttered. Perplexed once … Continue reading →

“Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.” -Anna Akhmatova The Oriental Bar at the Metropole Hotel in Venice offers shelter from the chilly wind off the Adriatic. Entering, we are in a Bogart movie … Continue reading →

“Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.”                                                             … Continue reading →