Eating well in Italy (the more you know, the less you pay)
For a foodie or gourmet or buongustaio, Italy offers a number of 3 star Michelin Restaurants. You could spend €220/per person for the 9 course tasting menu at ‘La Pergola’ …
Cucina Romana – the tradition of eating in Rome
It’s difficult to imagine Italian food without tomatoes but prior the late 15th century they didn’t exist in Italy. They didn’t exist anywhere in Europe. The greatest treasure of the …
2012 – Sardinia Island, from Costa Smeralda to Villasimius
We pride ourselves in knowing more about Italy than most Italians who live here. We’ve been north, south, east and west, but until now, we’ve never been to Sardegna (Sardinia). …
2012 – Lake Como; Lombardy
From the air, Lake Como kind of looks like a jumping frog with one leg outstretching towards the city of Como and the other towards Lecco. It’s the deepest lake …
2012 – Bergamo Alta in Lombardy, Italy
Our visit to Bergamo was more or less a last minute decision thanks to United Airline. We had a pre-paid non-refundable two night booking in Torino. It would have been …
2011 – Rome, the Monti, Sant’Angelo and Palazzo Colonna
We’re staying in a great apartment with a long terrace overlooking the Coliseum, I mean literally overlooking the Coliseum. The building sits on the the ancient Fagutale Hill, via del Fagutale …
2011 – Puglia; Lecce, Alberobello and the Salento Peninsula
A quick stopover in Tesle Terme, Benevento in the Campania. We drove to Puglia from Rome. Point to Point it would have been a 10 hr drive so we decided …
2011 – Rome; Palazzo Farnese, Cinecittà, Vatican Nights and the Hypogeum
“Hail Caesar. We who are about to fry salute you”. The temperatures in Rome are +33°C (91°F) every day. somedays we’ve gotten up close to 40°C. We like to get …
2010 – Milan; the Duomo, the Brera and the Castello
According to the legend, when a tribe of Gauls defeated the local Etruscans here, they wanted to settle in the area and sought the advise of an oracle who told …
2010 – Venice; San Polo, San Marco and the Vaporetto pass
It was an early flight but it was really inexpensive. We arrived to the Venice airport at 7:30am but couldn’t check into the apartment until 2:15pm. We planned to leave …
2009 – Tuscany visit with friends
We made this quick visit to Tuscany to visit with friends. Neighbors from San Francisco decided it would be a great experience to pack up the family of three young …
2009 – Sicily; Siracusa, Noto, Ragusa, Etna, Catania, Taormina
Ah Sicilia; home the gods, a melting pot of civilizations, warm hospitality, amazing food and wine and really bad drivers. Homer referred to Sicily as Thrinakia in the Odyssey. This …
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