Venetian Ghosts: all revealed in a great book by Venetian writer Alberto Toso Fei. When I first bought the book Venetian Legends and Ghost Stories by Alberto Toso Fei (to help me prepare my Food and Ghost tour of Venice) I thought it would be the usual invented and over-tragic list of ghost and horror [...]

San Valentino: Origins of Valentine’s day The Origins Starting from 4th century BC the Romans had the tradition of celebrating the god Lupercus with a ritual which was repeated every year: all those who believed in the god had to put their name inside an urn. The names of the men and the women would [...]

Ah, here it is again, like every winter, the eternal question: shall I dress up or not for the Venice Carnival? Today a collegue and twitter friend @casinadirosa  ( www.casinadirosa.it ) asked me if I had anything written down on the Venice Carnival.  As I said no, that  I didn’t and that I had to [...]