Not everything in Italy is perfect

You never know how a person is going to act the first time they visit Italy. Here’s a typical example of what I call, “the Italy effect.”

Why does life in Italy look so much more inviting than anywhere else on earth? How do the Italians live so intensely, with such passion? No one has to explain that the Italians are passionate people to start with. But if you want to discover passion in Italy, just visit a small, [...]

A video tour of Porto Santo Stefano, filmed from the back of a Vespa scooter. Porto Santo Stefano is located on the southern coast of Tuscany.

Rick Steves’ distinctive walk, aviator eyeglasses, and slightly-slurred alliterative style of speaking, makes him the perfect candidate for a parody.