On my recent vespa tour through Tuscany, we took a break for a light, traditional Florentine lunch with Alberto and his mother Giuseppina. My guide Freddie tells me Zeb Gastronomia is a real local favourite in Florence (and when a food shop has gastronomia in its name, there is no walking by this one!) A typical Florentine lunch […]
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Porticos of Bologna
The historical city of Bologna has the most porticos in the world with nearly 40 kilometres of long walkways and tall arches you can stroll through (not to mention the first thing I noticed when I arrived). The covered walkways give Bologna its unique character dating back to the 1200s. Since then, there have been […]
The Other Leaning Tower of Italy
The most famous tilting tower in the world might be the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The 8-storey tower has been tipping now for 840 years and thousands have flocked to see its faulty angle ever since, but do you know about the other leaning tower of Italy? Rivalling Pisa’s tower are the leaning towers of […]
Gelato Culture in Italy
There are some sounds in the world that can make you feel nostalgic. For me, it’s the sound of the ice cream truck. Even when it’s sometimes off-tune, it makes me want to run outside like a kid again no matter how old I am. Imagine my surprise when I learned I could have been eating […]
Bologna: A First Taste of Local Life
Having just hopped off the train from Firenze to Bologna’s central train station, I anxiously navigated myself to the BlogVille house on Capo di Lucca, and through a city that is about to be my home for the next full week! As Bloggers in Residence we will be living in the heart of Bologna, a central […]
The Oldest Chocolatería in Madrid
Of all the chocolate in Europe, I didn’t know Spain is where I could find the creamiest kind. In Madrid, the oldest chocolatería serves up the country’s best chocoloate. Madrileños have flocked to this chocolate-making café since 1894 for a cup of their pure hot cocoa. But this chocolate is nothing like the kind back home. At […]