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...
It has been quite warm the past few weeks and no rain. Hard to believe since in the South and North of the country they had horrible flooding. Because of the nice weather here in Umbria we still have lots...
Last time I saw this I had forgotten my camera, last Thursday however, bingo.
Hunt for wild boar or wild hunt for boar? I'd say it is both! Some hunting days you feel like you have been transferred to a war zone. Loud Bangs, screaming, yelling, barking dogs and what have you. We went for a walk one afternoon and hit upon the local hunting...
Italy is number 1 design wise, well maybe yes, ok they are up there so to speak. And it is true you can enter unassuming shops and be more than pleasantly surprised what the owners have done with sometimes very little means. Unfortunately it is not always like that!...
So what does two days of removing tiny fruits from olive trees get you? Wel apart from some sore muscles and loads of small wounds from the aggressive trees ('ignorante' they say here in the local...
Last thursday in three we started at 7.30 till 13.00 and had 'collected' 4,5 crate full of olives. In the afternoon in four we came to 4 crates (about 80kg). We planned to finish work in two days and we managed! Hard work but very satisfying thanks partly to the...
Every year Citta di Castello hosts a very agreeable truffle market. Besides all truffle products you can dream up, you'll find lots of new olive oil to taste and buy, new wine, roasted chestnuts and a covered market with loads of regional Italian products (cheese from...
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