February in Italy is a wonderful time for making merry, in other words Carnival time. Carnivale is celebrated all over Italy, in towns, villages and cities and perhaps the most famously celebrated is Carnivale in Venice, with its opulent pageants and rich colourful costumes, floating along the canals, masque balls and [...]
Wishing everyone a “HAPPY NEW YEAR”
Tempus fugit…..a decade since the millenium, incredible. Let us hope the next decade will bring forth much hope for all, peace and happiness.
I thought I would write about New Year celebrations in Italy which carry on until 6 January. La Festa di San Silvestro is celebrated December 31 on [...]
Let’s talk Sicily……..A place that conjures up many thoughts - traditions and soul immediately spring to mind least it beng the largest island in the Mediterranean, with a diverse landscape of colours from Etna’s top covered with snow to the warm and wild coast of the Zingaro nature reserve, to the verdant Madonie, from the Greek temples of Agrigento to the windmills [...]
Where has the time gone!! Two months since my last blog. What I can say is that from 1 May we have had one long hot summer with only half a day of rain, a few thunderstorms and here we are, 15 August and Ferragosta in Italy - the time when all Italians take their holidays [...]
May is the time to think about holidays…..in Italy, where else! We now have a large variety of beautiful holiday villas, apartments, country houses, villa complexes with pools, exclusive country residences and agriturisimo - all in wonderful places such as the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, Florence, the Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria and Puglia. Why not take a look at [...]
Primavera (Spring) in Italy comes early and is a wonderful time to see nature…..the blossoming trees, the wild and beautiful flowers, the verdant green landscape all culminate to make this a very special time to visit. The temperature is mild and it is not so busy as the summer months.
March arrives with a celebration of Festa della Donna (International [...]
The good thing about living in Italy is that you go from one holiday to another. Just as the Christmas season drew to a close in early January another one started—Carnival, the time of merrymaking. I was surprised to know. after moving here, that Carnivale is celebrated throughout Italy, in all its towns and cities [...]
BUON ANNO a tutti!! Welcome back and hope you all had enjoyable holidays.
How time flies. It seems no time at all since we welcomed in the New Year in our lovely Piazza in Todi, amidst an array of top hats and tiaras with most people carrying a bottle of Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine/champagne). Corks flew in the air like bullets [...]
November in Italy…..a period of chestnut, truffle and mushroom sagras (fairs) and a wonderful time to taste these delights in various dishes during the month.
A truffle fair In particular to experience is the famous white truffle fair in San Miniato, Tuscany. It’s amazing what you learn. You get the best truffles when they are [...]
Ciao a tutti !
From the last week of September we saw a distinct cooling of the temperature – a welcome break! However, this short term change only lasted one week and temperatures returned to a very mellow 25 deg and here we are with just 10 days to go before November, and basking in these [...]
