Dear Blog Readers – I am learning through my tweeting experiences that animal photos are popular. My “Cataturk” waiting for the Pope at the Haghia Sophia was a big success, so I will start my Turkey Post 2 with another animal moment. The photo above is of the Pope releasing two doves outside the Cathedral …
Dear Blog Readers- I am sitting in the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul waiting for Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I to arrive. A couple of blog readers have written to me asking “Where are you?”. They say they don’t see me in any of the shots on TV of the Pope in Turkey and I …
“I think she is going to be wearing baby blue,” said AP Television cameraman Gianfranco Stara said to me as he stood at the door of Piazza Grazioli 5 outside the AP offices in Rome waiting for a taxi to arrive. He was heading to Rome’s Quirinale Palace to cover yesterday’s visit of Queen Elizabeth …
Dear Blog Readers — It has been an exhausting day and I am wiped out, but it would be a shame not to tell you all about it. Today’s was Pope Benedict XVI’s last weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square as Pope. Tomorrow he will meet with Cardinals in the morning and at 5pm he …
The tragic fate of America’s beloved Twinkie has even made the pages of Italian newspapers. Italians, who pride themselves on their healthy Mediterranean diet, are fascinated by the eating habits of Americans. Italians generally eat pasta at lunch, fruit for dessert and perhaps dip some bread in olive oil, or have a small scoop of …