Italy by Design

Why Group Travel? July 2023 All Things Italy

By Etta Madden | July 2, 2023
Our small group at the Santuario della Verna in Umbria. The site is associated with St. Francis of Assisi. Photo Credit: Jenn Simmons Why Group...

A Past January Inauguration Day in Sicily Spurs Hope for Future

By Etta Madden | January 24, 2021
Gray skies above Catania, Sicily, in January A few years back--twelve, to be exact--I was adjusting to an unfamiliar climate and...

Coincidence or Signs? Waldensians in the News

By Etta Madden | December 19, 2020
Twice in less than 24 hours—actually, within about 12 hours—I received notice from two friends* of two recent but very different news stories about the...