5 Useful Tips for Photographers Traveling to Italy

These are a few tips for my fellow photographers who have also caught the travel bug and happen to want to visit Italy and in particular the ancient city of Rome. I am hoping you find these simple tidbits to be informative and useful. Tip 1 - No Military Photos In visiting Rome, Italy, I…

Many Italians Use Cycles and Scooters for Transportation

Of Intellect and Interest

So my family and I were fortunate enough to be able to travel to Rome, Italy in order to pray for and celebrate with my cousin, a Catholic seminarian, who is being ordained a deacon. Anyhow, it’s been a lot of walking, crowded bussing, and taxi rides. But it has also been an amazing time so far.

As an American tourist/pilgrim, I can point out a few differences between vehicles and driving in the States and vehicles and driving in Italy. For one thing, the average Italian car is smaller than most typical family-sized vehicles purchased in the U.S. And the semi trucks of Italy have very short front ends.

Credit: Hank’s Truck Pictures.

Traffic in the ancient city of Rome seems even more congested and hectic than in many big cities in the United States like Chicago, IL or Boston, MA. Just about everyone and his brother and his…

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Many Italians Use Cycles and Scooters for Transportation

So my family and I were fortunate enough to be able to travel to Rome, Italy in order to pray for and celebrate with my cousin, a Catholic seminarian, who is being ordained a deacon. Anyhow, it's been a lot of walking, crowded bussing, and taxi rides. But it has also been an amazing time…

2 Inspirational Quotes from Saint Pope John XXIII about Your Dreams and Attaining Peace

John XXIII has been a Catholic saint for a little over three years now. Born Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli on November 25, 1881, the Italian studied and became a priest. He was Pope, head of Christ's Church on earth, from 1958 to his death in 1963. He was canonized a saint by Pope Francis on April…