As much as I love cooking, I also enjoy dining out and I’m just as comfortable at the local pizza joint as I am at a fancy venue. Restaurant prices in Puglia are more than fair, and you get a…
Chilling in Cilento with Water Buffalos
As everybody surely knows, Campania is the home of mozzarella, or more specifically mozzarella di bufala, which is made of the milk of water buffalos. There aren’t so many lakes in the region, and I don’t think the water these…
Spellbound by Spello and Spoleto
Spello is very close to Assisi, and is probably often overlooked by tourists. The parking is free, the narrow streets are completely charming and there seems to be an overabundance of fine restaurants in the place. Our room was in…
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…