I took my dad to Italy a few weeks ago. If you knew the whole story,  you might say it was a bit of a miracle. I’m the last person who should be surprised. For me, Italy and miracles go hand-in-hand. So if you’re a senior not sure if you can make it to Italy or there’s a senior you love who you want to bring to our favorite country, gather round my friends because I didn’t name this business Dream of Italy for nuthin’! We’re in the business of making dreams come true…

If you’ve followed me for a long time, you might know that my most frequent travel companion to Italy was my mother. We probably took 20 or more trips together over more than 20 years, the last being when my parents joined me in my ancestral hometown Castelvetere sul Calore to film an episode for the PBS series. My mother had stage 4 cancer at the time. Everything about that trip was a miracle.