Yeah, I know I said I'd post more about food in Italy, maybe Spain, I still owe some stuff from Brazil! But this is easy. Another video ...

I've got more to say about food in Florence, Rome and NYC. Since I've been home for two weeks, I've just not had the steam to ge...

(Don't forget, there are lots more photos posted here . On the final leg of this journey, in a plane heading to Dallas (!), on the ret...

This is more video from the amazing Couso Festa de Outono on 7 Nov, 2009. This video features three of the gaita (bagpipe) based groups we...

One thing that truly mystifies me is why many cultures, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian, are so darn afraid of fresh air, at least in "wint...

Earlier on this current trip, I was invited to attend an astonishing demonstration of what appears to be a very healthy folk scene in Galici...

Right outside my hotel in Florence is the Mercato Nuovo , the new market, which was new about 500 or more years ago. It is now the site of a...