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Fantastic Photo

Here’s a fantastic photo from Amy &Jonny at “We Are Never Full”their blog was one of the inspiration behind Fantastic Photos when I started it (read here.) The photo was taken on a weekday morning at 9am as they drank their morning “caffè”in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna.  This [...]

Italian Turkey Day

This is one of my favorite weeks of the year.  I love the fact that Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday…. 1) because Thursday is my favorite day of the week and 2) because it’s a 3 day work week…2.5 really.  For all the ex-pats living in Italy,I feel your [...]

Castagne Roasting on an open fire…or oven

I forgot to add one of my favorite things to the list below…actually I probably forgot many but one that I truly love and miss is the smell of roasting castagne (chestnuts) in the winter. The scene of the salesman camped out with his roaster on the corner as people bustled by to [...]

Bologna

A few things I miss from when I lived in Bologna….

- walking under the portici on rainy days –the colors,smells and sounds of the open market –morning cappuccino with my newspaper –running in Giardini Margherita –finding a new interesting shop –My terrace overlooking the rooftops –[...]

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