Barely back home from Cheese! last year, Alex and I were already making plans for this year’s foodie weekend away. It didn’t take long for us to decide on the huge Slow Food festival in Turin, which takes place biannually. This year, the date was moved up a month from end of October and the […]
Italy
A Winter Trip to Rome
In February I spent 5 days in the “Eternal City” walking around and gazing at objects I had only read about or seen pictures of. When my mother suggested a trip to Rome, I jumped at the chance. When I was in school and university, I studies Renaissance art and wrote papers about Michelangelo and […]
Say Cheese!
My friend Alex and I try to get away every year for a weekend and do something food related. This year we hemmed and hawed for quite a long time before deciding on visiting “Cheese”. “Cheese” is a Slow Food event held biannually in Bra, Italy and showcases milk in all its forms, but mostly […]
Ascona For the Weekend
Traveling to Ticino is an exciting journey. We’ve been so many times, I can hardly keep track, but still each time is like visiting an old friend. There are the “do you remember” moments sprinkled in with the new memories. This time we were staying in Ascona, courtesy of last year’s Christmas gift from my […]
Visiting Apulia
Having never been further south than Tuscany in Italy, I was excited to experience Apulia. A friend of mine is from that region and when she decided to “go home” to visit her parents for a week, she invited me to join her. My husband was nervous for me, saying it would be too hot. […]