Did you read the first part: Tuscany villages – the Starter and Primo Piatto? If not, you can find it here. I would not have earned a living from tips from this Italian feast. Especially, as the main meal and the dessert arrived a tad too late – “merely” a two month delay. On a bright side though, you must …
Let me prepare you a special Italian dinner. As with all evenings meals out in Italy, there is a starter (antipasto), first plate (primo piatto), second or main dish (secondo piatto) and the dessert (dolce). It is a lot of food, and we cannot “eat” it all at once, so let’s spilt it into two: the starter + primo, and …
So far, in this blog, I have written about places, which I know very well, with most of them visited at least a few times. This post deviates from this pattern, because we only visited Perugia once. Writing about this undiscovered town has awakened my “hunger” to revisit and explore it further. I hope I will be able to pass …
We visit Bologna at least once, every two months. It is a truly unique place for us. We would love to live in Bologna for a while, and we will, sooner than we think! As “small town” or “country” people, there are very few “real” towns, we mark as “liveable”. Bologna is an exception. I could probably write a small …
I owe you an explanation. Unless you are Italian or spent some time in Italy, you probably never heard of “I tre giorni della merla”. It translates to “three days of the Blackbird” which does not mean much on its own. There is an interesting legend behind this title. I will not share the full version(s) here (yes, more than …
We have visited Florence a number of times, but mostly in the Spring or Summer. This is the first time we’ve been in Winter! The obvious choice to get there is by plane, which is what we have done most times (except for one time when we drove from London, but that’s a different story altogether). Our trip in late …
We have been fortunate enough to visit Venice more than once, and every time we have experienced something new. The centre of Venice is a unique experience all on its own. Anywhere you go, anywhere you look, it seems as though you’re in a never ending open air museum. A museum for which someone has forgotten to draw a guide!. …