Italy Gets Serious with the Super Green Pass
Italy’s vigilance has been paying off. It certainly seems that way when one looks at what is happening elsewhere in Europe. Our numbers, while [...]
Italy’s vigilance has been paying off. It certainly seems that way when one looks at what is happening elsewhere in Europe. Our numbers, while [...]
Today I saw the Green Pass checks in action.For those of you who don’t know, the EU Green Pass is a document showing that an [...]
An Update to Last Week's Post (below).Yes, a lot can happen in a week, particularly the Covid fallout from unrestrained celebrations of Italy's big Euro [...]
It almost doesn’t seem believable.But, yes, Italy turns the corner after so much time and after so many ups and downs. Finally, the daily stats [...]
Prime Minister Draghi just announced that Italy opens up starting April 26.By saying that Italy opens up, he means most regions will turn yellow. “Yellow” [...]
Yep, it’s been (and still is) a big mess.Back in December we were being told that Italy’s vaccine rollout was coming for COVID. Those of [...]
Here we are, a year later, and the country’s path forward is anything but clear.And the light (resolution) still seems far off in how Italy [...]
I guess, better late than never, right? I’m doing my best to reside in this mindset rather than saying, “Why the hell has it [...]
Italian healthcare wins, hands down, in my opinion. And, on multiple fronts. I've been in Italy for almost eight years now, and as I look [...]
The privileged elite thumb their noses at the pandemic and party hard. And this kind of defiance reared its head at a posh club [...]
"Out and about" looks vastly different in the shadow of Covid-19. To me, this new face of travel was particularly evident in the experience [...]
And we savor small but limited freedoms. Italy opens up by allowing us now to leave our abodes for long walks, a jog, or [...]
In this crisis do you wake up stuck in your head, ruminating non-stop? It has become far too easy (myself included) with such extended [...]
Our lives have been irrevocably altered. The Covid 19 crisis isn't just a major speed bump in our lives. No, it's more like [...]
It's tempting. After seven weeks in coronavirus lockdown, I'm itchin' to be outside and getting on with life. Spring has arrived gloriously here in Treviso, [...]
Welcome to Act II of this pandemic. And there is no intermission. No catching one's breath. Are we even remotely past the initial shock of [...]
Yep, that's me, geared up for the weeks and months ahead. And, while protecting myself (and potentially others) is paramount, it's just one of my [...]
Reaching for my camera and reportage... In the often overwhelming heaviness of Italy's coronavirus crisis, it has been far too easy for me to shut [...]