European identity was the subject of the maker's first two published volumes: with Almost Europe and Still Europe we could look at ourselves, through his attentive and ironic eye, travelling through more than fifty European cities and, step by step, thinking with him about what being European means now.

After more than twenty thousand kilometres across Europe, the idea of moving from the old continent to the new one came naturally and almost of necessity: the contemporary influence of America on European culture is the other half of the question.