Shiny strands of pasta, covered in a dusting of parmesan cheese; the fresh crunch of a wonderful baguette, or the overpowering smell of a typical ripe french cheese; the sound of waves washing up on an ocean shore while you lounge in the shade enjoying a serving of crispy fried squid rings… On a regular [...]
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What better way to finish our last few days in Italy then by the seaside? Sandra and I specifically booked a room with seaview and wow, what a view we have!! I will post a shot of our hotel balcony at the bottom, so you can be envious… We chose Rapallo because of it’s location [...]
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Ah…. Siena…. What can I say about Siena that possibly describes this beautiful city? Maybe because we were slightly disappointed about Florence or maybe because it’s just what it is; but Siena was a pleasant surprise. The city is just gorgeous but while still being touristic is has retained it’s original atmosphere. The centre is [...]
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For most of our trip we have been eating in small Osteria’s, Trattoria’s or even little cafe’s; as much as possible enjoying the local food. Being surrounded by Italians is usually a good sign when you’re entering a restaurant or trattoria. But when we came into Pienza, one of the first restaurants we came upon [...]
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I am not really keeping a chronological order when telling you of our Italian adventures but I am sure no one will mind. We are at the moment still in Ca’Penelope, but will be leaving tomorrow. The weather is still not really fantastic but at least today has been a little drier then the last [...]
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As I told you yesterday we got to watch Lorna at work in the kitchen today and we even managed to help a little (or maybe stand in the way rather, but ok… ) We started at around 10.30 (while rain is still pouring down outside) and at first we sort of watched but very [...]
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Where to begin?? Shall I start talking about the wonderful food, the scenics we have seen, the people we have met or …. sooo much has happened since the last post that it is hard to give a short account of all that. There is very little internet access along the way and it is [...]
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How good does that look..? We have arrived into Italy just a few hours ago and are now relaxing in our fabulous bed & Breakfast. If you’re ever en route to Italy and your looking for a really beautiful place to stay you should try La Terrazza Sulle Torri in Alba. For us it is [...]
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Ah… yes…. don’t we all know that feeling of stress before going on a long vacation? I am certainly one that tends to suffer a bit about thinking of all the things that still need to be done before we can enjoy the freedom of three weeks holiday in Italy! I had wanted to spend [...]
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What is it that makes a country irresistable? Is it the food, is it the weather or is it the people in it? Or maybe simply a combination of all? I had only been to Italy once before so had very little to go on and to be quite honest; this trip was not meant [...]
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Well maybe the title of this blog is not really appropriate considering the fact that we are now sitting on our balcony in an incredible noisy hotel. It’s a huge hotel and I think they are filling it in the off season with noisy schoolkids! Lucky us. Yesterday was bad but I think today is [...]
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