Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot. (Camelot, The Musical, 1960) In the US the term “Camelot”, inspired by the legendary King Arthur, is often used to refer to that short period, from 1960 to 1963 when the Kennedy clan, with…
Discovering Massachusetts: Stockbridge and the Norman Rockwell Museum
Discovering, tasting and living Massachusetts. In the spectacular and idyllic region of Berkshires, the state of Massachusetts gives the best of itself. It is incredible even just to imagine that in the western far end, just a few miles from the border with New York and Connecticut, this peculiar mixture between rural landscape and artists…
New England Road Trip: a short itinerary along Connecticut River
If I think on my most intense and thrilling memories of my latest New England road trip, the two days spent on the road along the last stretch of the Connecticut River are the most unforgettable. This is the longest and most scenic river of the entire New England region and after streaming across four…
What to see in Boston: 5 experience to do (and taste)
Boston is undoubtedly one of the oldest, finest and most lively cities on the East Coast. It is strictly connected to its rich past (it’s the place where the US were born, literally), and at the same time it is up to date with the most recent technology, in whatever field and with an incomparable…
What to see in Massachusetts: Concord, a journey through american history & literature
A little world of the past, wrapped inside a fairytale scenary. If I had to talk about Concord in just a few words, I could’t be able to find a more appropriate description. It’s amazing to think how this pretty town in New England, set inside a wonderful landscape which is at its best during…
What to see in Hartford, CT: travelling around Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom’s Cabin’s “birthplaces”.
We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. (Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain) Writing about “my” America isn’t always that easy. Far beyond stories, travel advice and practical information,…
