Instead of taking a tour of Italy, this is your chance to live in Italy. For one week, you'll see how the past meets the present, eat the true Mediterranean diet and be safely in the care of an Italian family.
Read MoreIn Italy pomegranates rather than pumpkins are a sign of fall. In the Cilento region of Southern Italy where Greek ruins are everywhere, pomegranates recall the cult of Hera which later became the Madonna of the Pomegranate.
Read MoreWhen guests asked me for the "hidden gem" or "next big thing" on our wine list, I invariably recommended these bottles produced by a biodynamic winemaker in the Cilento.
Read MoreEdgar Degas's first masterpiece "The Bellelli Family" portrays members of his Italian family whose abandoned palace I visited in Capaccio.
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