A September day near the Atlantic Ocean
A cloudy morning, a bit of chill in the air. It’s always so hard wake up early, but it always worth the effort. A…
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Venice & Blondes
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Feast of the Redentore
Is there a better time to start living Venice again than the Feast of the Redentore? A date full of symbols. Getting together again,…
Transhumance: a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage
I was 7 when I first saw a flock of sheep in the streets of my city. We had just moved in Padua from…
A week-end in the Gascony country
Last week my older daughter was on vacations and asked me to do something with her. She said she wanted to spend some quality…
January 6th: Befana day in Italy
La Befana vien di notte con le scarpe tutte rotte….. every children in Italy can tell the following lines of this poem. La…
Christmas cakes
Here we are ready to make some of the wonderful cakes of our Christmas tradition. As often happens I do not know for sure…
Camping in the Venice lagoon
Many persons consider Venice a quiet city, a place where the craziness of the everyday routine – noise, traffic, rush – doesn’t exist. But…
La fête du fleuve an event on the river in Bordeaux
It was a touching moment seeing a beautiful ship on the 19 century crossing the modern drawbridge and sailing on the water of Bordeaux…
Fishing memories
When you live near the water – ocean, sea, lake, or, as in our case, lagoon – you are put in a boat very…