If you're hiking in Liguria, make sure to adjust for guidebook nonchalance.

Songs can slay generation gaps and make solitude a little less grievous.

In the countryside, needing a car begs extreme measures — namely a license.

Being a poor child in 19th-century Milan was a hardship beyond modern compare.

Italy divvies out responsibilities, which is fine so long someone takes them.

There's no escaping the reach of Catholicism in so-called secular Italy.

Nostalgia is a terrible thing to waste, particularly when you're moving.

Haiti is a tale of woe that even school children will pause to consider.

Traveling cheap can brings out the least endearing of Italian traits: Theatrics.