Sailing on the Leyre river. Part One
We arrive at the Biganos port just in time, traffic was awful in this beautiful Saturday morning. No worries: a short walk until the…
Local life experiences
Sailing on the Leyre river. Part Two
A day in the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne The slow movement of the our, the fly of…
Torta Sbrisolona
The sbrisolona cake has for me the flavor of my teens years in Padua. The parents of a dear friend owned a cafe in…
April 25th: festa del bocolo
The 25th April is Liberation day in Italy but it’s also the feast of St. Mark the patron of Venice. This is a very…
Old recipes books
Look at your books of recipes. In the kitchen, on a special compartment of your bookshelf, or forgotten in a box in the attic….
Quarantine tour
When you grow up in Venice, words as Lazzaretto, plegue, quarantine are part of the common language; Nothing strange. History is in day life…
Frittelle di San Giuseppe
St. Joseph’s fritters are a tradition in our family. Our maternal grandfather was called Giuseppe and he was a very respected and well-known person…
The Cansiglio Forest
There is nothing sparkling in the Cansiglio Forest. Everything is deep, quiet, almost religious. Time seems frozen there. You can feel the presence of…
The Armenians in Venice
My father’s hand holding my hand. I don’t know why, but this is the first memory I have of the San Lazzaro degli Armeni…
The stick, the water bottle and… the chocolate
We have already talked on this blog of our family walks along the mountain trails in summer. A tradition that is deep in our…