While Italy is seeing the globe’s second worse outbreak of the Coronavirus after China, the Italians’ ability to conform and follow national directives to observe a near total lockdown have surprised many both in Italy and abroad. I have to say that I am grateful and proud to live in Trieste and to have the…
We are lucky to live on the Gulf of Trieste, it is always spectacular. Some days it is flat and slick like a mirror without even a ripple. Other times it is churning with cresting white caps thanks to the bluster of the Bora. Sometimes it is a myriad of baby pinks and blues at…
So we are into the first week of widespread Coronavirus concern and alert in Italy. In January, it was just two Chinese nationals receiving treatment in Rome’s Spallanzani Hospital. Since late last week, we have seen the spread of the virus with cases not only increasing in number but spreading from region to region, country…
I keep telling anyone who’ll listen that Italy has so many amazing and beautiful treasures to see that there is no actual need to travel out of the country. Just two hours from Trieste, in the Veneto region, is the city of Padova (Padua). A little smaller than Trieste, the city is just as enchanting;…
This year will mark the 67th anniversary of the launch of the bathyscape TRIESTE and on January 23, 2020 we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its history making dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. From Greek words bathys=deep and scafos=ship, this deep submergence vehicle (DSV) was designed by Swiss scientist Auguste…
