You know when you feel the desire that everything stops for a moment, when you need to catch the breath? Anyone living in a big city needs a corner of peace, to get away from the hustle, and gather thoughts. In New York I found it in Tudor City, in...

Vivendo a Roma, sono incuriosito dalla resilienza del popolo italiano e dalle influenze accumulate nel corso della storia. Un lunedì mattina la Quadraro, ho trovato l'influente resilienza in un murales (Read it in English)

Living in Rome, I am intrigued by the resilience of the Italian people and by the influences they accumulated throughout history. One monday morning, at the Quadraro, I found the influential resilience in a mural (Leggi in Italiano)

As I currently absorb the rays of sun, empirical Rome has so graciously given me today, most of my former fellow inhabitants from Mulberry to 85th and Madison, are shivering on yet another unforgiving, icy day of winter. I feel a slight tug of guilt, as if I'm cheating on Gotham City....

Mentre assorbo i raggi di sole che Roma oggi mi ha gentilmente donato, la maggior parte dei miei ex concittadini, da Mulberry a 85th street e Madison, batte i denti in un altro spietato, gelido giorno d'inverno.  Mi sento mordere da un leggero senso di colpa. Come se stessi tradendo Gotham City. Ma non posso indugiare in questi...

Metti un newyorchese allo stadio, a vedere una partita del Cosenza, tra cori, bandiere e fumogeni. Metti un newyorchese in Italia che cerca di scegliere per chi tifare (read it in English)

Imagine a New Yorker who goes to see the game, a game of the Cosenza football club (meaning soccer, but don't call it that way when you're in Europe). Imagine a New Yorker who lives in Italy and has to pick a team to root for (leggi in italiano)

Lingua, cucina, sport: le differenze sono tante, ma tante sono anche le cose che ci accomunano. Nonostante ognuno di noi suoni strumenti così diversi, siamo tutti parte della stessa orchestra (Read it in English)

Language, food, sports -- the differences are many, but so are the things we all have in common. Although each one of us plays vastly different instruments, we are all part of the same orchestra (leggi in italiano)

This time we are taking a trip backwards. Here is the voice of a New Yorker who just moved to Italy. Sometimes you have to be out of your natural element to find a new home (Leggilo in italiano)