The posts on the Best memory of Venice keep coming in and I am very pleased that the Best memory which Robin Locker Lacey of My Mélange has taken back is that  of food (my best memories are always of our Venetian food) and of the kindness of Venetian people, which many times is overlooked by [...]

Carrying on with our series of posts about which memories people remember the best about Venice, this time it is the turn of Julie Gilley, another Facebook friend, who has travelled to Venice many times but who remembers one in particular: Venice—Not For The Suitcase Laden Traveler! I credit Venice as being the city that [...]

      Yesterday I started my new series of posts on what people remembered the best from coming to Venice. This is the second post and it is written by Shelley White, who I would like to thank very much for accepting to do this! Best Memory of Venice   Venice is our anniversary [...]

Pumpkin with candle: √ check. Fake spider webs : √ check. Scary customs: √ check. “Trick or treat” street itinerary planned through the town: √ check. Yes, all ready to go for Halloween, but one things is wrong: this is not the U.S.A.!!!! This is Oriago, a small town near Venice, the town where I [...]

Have you ever wandered around Venice and got blisters on your feet and could not find a pharmacy where you could get some plasters? Have you ever run out of toothpaste, shampoo or you ladies “know what” and looked everywhere for a supermarket and could not find one amongst the calles of the city? Well, [...]

10 Old Venetian Proverbs about Food, Drink and Family Yesterday at the library in Oriago, my home town, I came across a very interesting book about old Venetian proverbs, many of which I remember from when I was young and many I did not know. The book is called Proverbi Veneti Commentati by Mario Massari [...]

Always wanted to learn Italian, but don’t have the time? Always wanted to visit Venice and live like an Italian for a while? Well this is the course for you. You can take part in a short week-end language course in the outskirts of Venice, on the Riviera del Brenta in my own house. You [...]

Like every year I will be holding Italian language homestay courses for foreign students who would like to learn Italian in an Italian environment.  You will be staying in our house, surrounded by our Italian family and friends, you will be taking part in all of our daily life activities and at the same time [...]