Today a lot of snow! The world turned black and white (and grey ... lots of grey). The forecasts are not great. Still more than a week to go with daily snow fall and temperatures, even during the day, far below zero....
This foto was made in the Ponte Pattoli post office. The note says that the clock is about 10 minutes early ... extremely funny that clearly nobody knows how to adjust the time. I did find out that it is strictly forbidden to make pictures in the post office ... !
Sometimes waking up and getting out of bed early is rewarding!
talians are known for gestures, hand gestures that is. For people who are wise enough to visit Italy whenever the opportunity arises some of these may be familiare. (some are on the edge, don't blame us we didn't draw it).
During Christmas we had a real storm here. Wind traveling at the speed of ... ? Anyway, it was too much! In the afternoon I had already seen a tree fall over like a twig, not very promising. So pour a glass of wine, put some more wood on the fire and hope it will be...
I'll be going to the seaside and beside my bathing suit, towel, slippers etc. I always take… a prosciutto. No kiding! But it was not me who went it was a lovely lady who used to run a fantastic little store selling the most exquisite food and ingredients. (Pane...
Last week the famous Stella Ristorante Vineria organized a chicken event. From the university of Perugia they had a professor come in who knows everything about chickens. I relish these events because though I know about food there are always new things to learn. We...
Always good to make smalltalk. Besides it being a lovely way to pass some time, one might learn something or, occasionally more interesting, hear the latest gossip. Did you know that the wife of ... well you fill in the rest. While chatting away, a beautiful butterfly...
One expects that besides eating food, talking about it is as important here in Italy. A friend of ours, over dinner, talked about bread and wine. I said that while I like bread fresh from the oven, the taste from a days old bread is far superior. Ma si! he replied,...
I went to visit two of my clients in different places yesterday. As always in Italy there seemed to be plenty of time for small talk. At the first place I was told that the current crisis is the work of a very small group of people, ten to be exactly. Yes, 10. These...
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