Festa del Redentore UPDATE 2018 - FESTA DEL REDENTORE 14-15 July 2018 Festa del Redentore : Another year goes by, another hot and sticky summer strolls in through the canals…
Burano, the Rainbow Island Burano:I have been away from my blog for few months now, been very busy (cannot moan about that, busy means work, so...) but it has…
100 Place In Italy every woman should go Today I would like to introduce you to a new book written by Susan Van Allen, the book is 100 Places in…
Polenta: why do we like it so much in Venice? Polenta and I: a life-long love affair! The first memory of the taste of polenta in my mouth goes back…
My Top 10 Free things to do in Venice 10 Free things to do in Venice: unlike many other cities around the world which offer the tourists many free museums…
There are two words in the Italian language that have always bugged me. One I wish I could delete completely from the Italian dictionary, the second I really wish it…
XII Culture week in Italy (16th-25th April) The MiBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali) will offer free entry for ten days, starting 16th April, to all state…
25th April 2010 in Venice - Saint Mark's and Blooming Rose day (Festa di San Marco e del Boccolo) For all Venetians 25th April is a celebration much older than…
Treviso, water & history not far from Venice, Italy « Dove Sile e Cagnan s'accompagna » (Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia (Paradiso, IX, v.49)) [Where the River Sile and the River Cagnan…
An Oasis in Venice - Sant'Erasmo A peaceful Oasis amidst the hordes of tourists in Venice! All I can hear when people talk about Venice is that the town is…
Venice love Love & Revenge on the Riviera del Brenta in 18th century. An old Venetian saying goes like this: Chi se tol par amor, per rabia se…
Simple basic Italian cooking lessons. We did it: finally our video for CookInVenice.com is on line! Arianna and I are really pleased we managed to do this, we have been…
Expats in Venice Since we have returned to live in Italy back in 2000, my British husband and I have been trying to get in contact with English speaking people…
Discover the Minor Islands of Venice When tourists come to Venice in their 1 or 2 days tours (which I personally think it's way too short a duration to see…
Just a quick post with some beautiful pictures of Villa Pisani In Strà, on the Riviera del Brenta near Venice. The author is a local photographer Franco Amormino, you can…
It's March 10th and it fells like Christmas Day in Siberia! These are a couple of videos I took of the situation outside the house at 8.30 am, you can…
Italian proverbs 10 Old Venetian Proverbs about Food, Drink and Family Italian proverbs - Yesterday at the library in Oriago, my home town, I came across a very interesting book…
Astronomy and Mineral Exhibition in Villa Farsetti, Near Venice Yesterday, 7th March 2010, here on the Riviera del Brenta was a beautiful sunny and windy day, preparing us for maybe…
VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE: I find myself always talking about Venice, but today I decided it was time…
VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE: I find myself always talking about Venice, but today I decided it was time…