Chris Wildgen

9 Best Things to Do in the Cinque Terre, Italy

By Chris Wildgen November 26, 2022

For centuries, the Cinque Terre (five lands) were five fishing villages clinging to the rugged Ligurian coast of northwest Italy. Documents from the 11th century mention the Cinque Terre, with Monterosso and Vernazza being the first two established villages. Corniglia, Manarolo, and Riomaggiore followed, and the five towns grew under the...

Finding Connection and Community in Assisi

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By Chris Wildgen April 6, 2020

“My ex-husband told me that my heart was in Italy, and he was right,” says Cecilia Snyder, a former resident of Washington, D.C. and now a five-year resident of Assisi, the gem of Umbria and Italy. Cecilia went to Italy for business for the first time in 2000. “I was blown away...