2020-06-05 19:03
My mother gave me perhaps the best photography advice I’ve ever received: “When you see everyone taking a photo in one direction, turn around and shoot in the opposite direction… Read More
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2020-05-16 11:16
One of the habits I’ve adopted in this strange period we are living through is daily mediations through an app called Insight Timer. I was perplexed a few days ago […] Read More
2020-05-02 22:04
Author’s note: I’ve written this article with an optimistic heart that international travel will be viable in the not-too-distant future. Please take my recommendations wit… Read More
2020-04-23 14:22
Our current homebound way of life is undeniably tainted with mystery. I find myself questioning the end of quarantine as I wonder about reaching the end of a rainbow. Above [&hel&hell…Read More
2019-03-17 23:22
It is a curious practice we have of kissing a 330 million-year-old dirty limestone. Legend has it that those who kiss the Blarney Stone are given the “gift of gab.” […] Read More
2018-03-01 23:56
Today, on the first day of spring, Florence got its snow. Tuscany is not a region of Italy where snow falls very often, so the flurry of white flakes has […] Read More
2017-10-25 22:57
My favorite season to enjoy the North Park Dryden Historic District, which boasts several blocks of California bungalows and Spanish colonial revival homes, is Halloween Read More
2017-09-18 05:25
Join travel blogger Peggy on her journey through Ireland as she discovers the Ireland's rich connection to music and the many stories it tells Read More
2017-09-11 14:00
Editor’s note: This column is written by my father, Rich Ryan, who I’ve invited to be a frequent contributor to Gracefully Global as “Dad’s G… Read More
2017-07-01 13:37
I must admit, as far as travel experiences go, visiting the Colosseum never ranked highly on my list of favorites. Until recently, that is. The mass confusion entering the [&hel&hell…Read More
2017-06-19 20:34
Big cities can be quite a puzzle to get to know, and Rome is no exception. Even tougher still, Rome’s huge tourism economy makes it tricky to discover how to […] Read More
2017-04-03 21:39
Editor’s note: My dad, Rich Ryan, is one of the biggest lovers of travel that I know. Now that he’s a retired professor, he keeps himself busy with exploring and […] Read More
2017-03-24 01:55
Today I had the sort of day that we all yearn for as travelers. To be at the right place at exactly the right time, as if I had planned it […] Read More
2017-03-01 09:21
Diego Rivera 2. The address of the iconic home and artist studio of Diego Rivera echoed in my mind for a second as I contemplated its significance. Who else do […] Read More
2017-02-27 08:58
It is hard to imagine that two artists alone could make an indelible mark on a city that would sustain for decades, a century, or more. Yet Diego Rivera and […] Read More
2017-02-22 21:21
I woke up in Veracruz City on the second to last day of 2016 having no idea I’d be going to bed that night in a jungle. Our hostel owner […] Read More
2017-02-01 18:10
This week’s photo challenge, Repurpose, is inspiring me to share an object I’ve repurposed, and continue to use every day in my travels throughout the U.S. and Europe. Traveling… Read More
2017-02-01 06:15
When I started this blog, Gracefully Global, I meant it as an evolving study on how to be a traveler, gracefully. That is, to cherish and respect the cultures that we […] Read More
2017-01-27 22:44
"I'm Canadian!" he belted, his voice rising above the hundreds of chirping birds across the street. Now, I'm no expert. But this accent was not the accent of a Canadian. Or rather, since… Read More
2016-12-16 21:48
As the host of the oldest university in the western world, Bologna has been a second home for young people from across Europe for centuries. And with the saturation of […] Read More
2016-09-17 00:44
As I continue on with my late-summer East Coast travels – which will soon turn into my early-fall Italy travels – I’m barreling on with my vlog production, hoping… Read More
2016-09-07 19:28
I feel like I have nine lives on WordPress: I disappear for a while, but I always manage to make it back. While some of my favorite alone time is […] Read More
2016-05-16 12:17
After a long stay with family in the United States, I've recently been back in Bologna, and I've been getting to know Vine and recording some of my favorite moments and favorite times of day… Read More
2016-05-08 13:42
My mom sometimes worries – as many moms do – that she hasn’t been the best mom. But “best” in this case, as in every case, is just relative. Who [&h&hell…Read More
2016-04-28 13:01
A beautiful city with lots to offer and well-known to Italians, Bologna is a bit off the beaten tourist track. So I was thrilled when a recent Huffington Post travel article suggested a tr… Read More
2016-04-25 20:30
Today is a special day in Italy. A holiday from work, a day spent relaxing with family and friends, enjoying the new season of warmer weather, and remembering the close […] Read More
2016-04-22 17:29
my travels give me a simple love for the world, which I am celebrating today on Earth Day along with many of my fellow bloggers. The diversity and scope of this earth is hard to even comput… Read More
2016-03-16 16:42
Working as an on-site program coordinator in Italy for CISabroad, I have a steep learning curve, but I'm loving the work, especially learning and sharing my newly acquired travel tips about… Read More
2016-02-22 23:40
Reduce your stress during your travels by thinking through your packing ahead of time! These are my most important packing techniques that I've adopted over my years of European travel and… Read More
2016-02-19 23:08
In the case of the weekly Wordpress photo challenge "Life Imitates Art," I'm abstaining from profundity of any kind and delving into this photo challenge quite literally, utilizing the immen… Read More
2016-02-16 02:01
After spending most of the last five years of my life in Bologna, Italy, the day after Valentine's Day will never be the same. With the same pioneering, rule-breaking spirit that the Italia… Read More
2016-02-12 21:17
Central London, to me, has always had such a polished image. A place of beautiful, modern architecture brilliantly integrating with impeccably cleaned streets dominated by 18th and 19th cen… Read More
2016-02-10 23:13
There are two types of people in the world: those that love Venice, and those that really don't. But despite all of its flaws, the architecture, ambiance, and sheer novelty of Venice are un… Read More
2016-02-08 21:23
I love to travel solo or semi-solo and Google Maps is the best companion, as not only does he help me find my way, he always let’s me get my […] Read More
2015-07-14 21:14
This photo is perhaps the most “illustrious” of my “instants” so far. The photo isn’t meant to demonstrate fabulous composition, color, movement, etc. The photo… Read More
2015-07-09 23:25
For a lover of travel, the best thing Europe has to offer is having a completely different culture nearly at your fingertips…traveling from country to country in Europe requires less… Read More
2015-06-12 13:24
It was 11pm and I was standing alone outside the Lecce train station with two luggages, two bags, no ride, no money, and Lecce’s Wikitravel entry loaded on my iphone, […] Read More
2015-06-03 17:43
I’m on a train bound for Kufstein, Austria. I’ve made the trip once before, in the winter, and it was a magical winter wonderland. Now it is an Eden of […] Read More
2015-05-18 15:07
It snuck up on me…exactly one year ago today I left Bologna to return to family, friends, and career in the US. It hasn’t been an easy year, but […] Read More
2015-04-29 18:57
As I start out on this new adventure to Italy and beyond for the summer, I can’t help thinking it is going to be a good one. But really, I’ve […] Read More
2015-04-17 15:00
Mattia is one of our own, a member of the Gracefully Global traveler team, and now he boasts his own blog, “Sicily Life.” A handsome southern Italian himself with a [&helli&hell…Read More
2015-04-14 13:30
It was almost exactly one year ago today that this moment was captured, on one of those blissful Sunday afternoons with friends and nothing else on your mind to distract […] Read More
2015-04-01 19:32
A few weeks ago I came back to this blog after nearly a year away, wrestling with my recent transition back to living in the United States from Italy, and […] Read More
2015-03-26 14:00
Just as Siena is stuck in time, I wish I could have gotten stuck in time in Siena. Like in Groundhog Day, I want to be living that weekend over and over. But unfortunately it di… Read More
2015-03-18 10:20
Italians find themselves at the sea nearly every summer weekend, whether they smartly rent or own a whole beach house, or just a few feet of sand under an umbrella. Having lived in Bo… Read More
2015-03-05 01:33
Enjoying Venice, one of my favorite cities, early this New Year.
These contrasting black and white words in front of you were written and rewritten a million times in those unpredictable mom… Read More
2014-04-20 12:47
“My European Ritual” | APRIL 18, 2014 | New York TimesFrom the roses of Granada to herring in Amsterdam to a hike above Athens, writers share the draws that pull them back time a… Read More
2014-04-18 15:11
No, we didn’t just break up with our boyfriend, but nonetheless we felt it was time for a makeover. After living in Italy for over three years and taking thousands of photographs… Read More
2014-04-10 15:50
A relieved group post-performance and about to enjoy our desserts at i Satiri.
This post is my latest in a short series celebrating the success of my random and wonderful traveling adventure… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
There’s nothing like spending a little quality time with someone who just “gets” you. Double that pleasure when you can spend time with them on the backdrop of one of [&hel&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Siena has been on my list of places to go for years (literally), but a long train trip has kept me away. But this video, just released for Siena’s race […] Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I recently spent a weekend in Kufstein, Austria. Which is a pretty small town. According to recently garnered information, it is located between South Tyrol in Italy and Bavaria in […… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Yes, I’ve cried on friends’ shoulders, shared laughs, graduated, shopped, worked, participated in weddings…the normal life stuff. But ten years ago I never would hav… Read More
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