Ghosts of Venice

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 tales. [...]

Venice Carnival: bring back the old days!

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 [...]

A Venetian who has never been on a boat?

Yes, I admit it: I am Venetian and I never been on a rowing boat in my whole life!
First of all I would like to clarify something: the term Venetian does not apply only to people who are born and live in Venice itself, but also to all of those people who live in the [...]

Asolo, little jewel in the Veneto Hills

Last week-end we went (as we always do once a year) to Asolo, a little medieval jewel town in the Veneto Hills. It was very very hot, but we soon took care of that by walking into the old Ice Cream parlour http://www.caffecentrale.com/ in the main square and after an aperitive and an ice-cream, the [...]