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Visiting Pompeii: A City Preserved Under Ash
Pompeii has long been lauded as one of the top places to visit in Italy. In a country famed for its ancient relics and well-preserved ruins, the archeological site in Mount Vesuvius’ shadow may just be the cream of the…
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Southern Italy Road Trip: Exploring the Puglia Region
Italy is like my second home. As the daughter of an Italian mother and an Italo-American father, I spent many of my childhood summers visiting family in the Marche region of Central Italy. When I was old enough to appreciate…
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One Million Golden Onion Domes: The Churches of Kiev
Of all the great European capitals, I never expected Kiev to be so high on my list of must-see places. In my mind, Ukraine had always conjured images of a flat wasteland with little more than rolling plains and large,…
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Traveling to Transistria: The Country that Doesn’t Exist
Ever heard of Transnistria? Before researching Moldova for my Eastern European course in university, I hadn’t either. And that may very well be because—according to the United Nations and every other government in the world—Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria is…
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Is This Still Europe? Visiting Chisinau, Moldova
Last Spring, I took a course called Ethnicity and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe because I felt as though, despite my familiarity with the area as a tourist, I knew next to nothing about its history. In the course,…
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Painted Monasteries of Bucovina Romania
Bucovina offers a glimpse into pre-industrialized Europe. Situated in the upper righthand corner of Romania, the bucolic region is a place where natural and architectural treasures have yet to be discovered by mainstream tourists. In Bucovina, daily life hearkens to…
