Italy

Sicily had never been on our radar until some friends convinced us to check out the rugged, lush Italian island. Info on tackling where to go and what to do was overwhelming, but we went ahead anyway, learned a lot, got some great photos, met some amazing people and will never forget our time there. […]

“Io Capitano,” nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Film from Italy, is a complicated web and complex film. Written and directed by Matteo Garrone,  “Io Capitano” is the story of two teenage boys from Dakar, Senegal with stars in their eyes and Europe as a goal.  It’s not so much the endless […]