Fog and mist seems to be a popular occurrence in Tuscany, not surprising given the 95% humidity that prevails here year-round. It’s OK now when the temperature is 20 degrees, but I cannot imagine the sauna in summer at 35.…
Three of Five – Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre is a living postcard. A series of 5 originally fishing villages perched on the cliffs over the sea in Liguria, each one more picturesque than the other. With our immaculate timing, we exited the car at the station, bought…
Two Towns of Tragedy (and Love). And Parma.
Verona. Well first of all, our apartment was located 50 metres from Juliet’s apartment, but unlike Juliet we didn’t have a balcony. However, I did meet my Romeo for the next few days. I suppose I could get into all…
The Owl’s Attic and the Heart of Prosecco
And now for something completely different! We backtracked a little bit to Cison di Sanmarino to the house of Barbarella and Alessandro. They offer one room, La Suita, to guests and what a room it is. The whole house is…
Just Giusti
From sheer mountains we descended into Veneto, lush and bursting with spring, the land of Prosecco (among other). Our well-earned reward for the strenuous hike exceeded even the wildest imagination. We were welcomed at Guisti winery and set up camp…
Dolomiti Unveiled
I’m not sure what we did to deserve it, but in the morning we saw bits of blue sky which became larger and larger, and then the sun burst out and the clouds lifted from the mountains, and finally we…