Torino Turin is best known as the stage of the 2006 winter Olympics. It is the home of the Shroud of Turin and is also known as the Automobile Capital of Italy as it is home to Fiat. Turin is a great city, packed with museums, galleries, parks and one of the biggest outdoor/indoor markets […]
Borgo Garibaldi – a pictorial
Borgo Garibaldi We rented an apartment at Cà Borgo Vecchio in Borgo Garibaldi, it made for a comfortable base from where to explore the area. Borgo Garibaldi is a suburb of Brusasco in the Piedmont region of Italy. The Borgo is small and consists of a castle, and a few buildings built around the church, […]
Reverse Wedding Crash
Borgo Garibaldi Tucked away in our quiet apartment in Borgo Garibaldi. We were quite relaxed and comfortable. The owner mentioned to us that the agriturismo that runs the palazzo next door also has a restaurant, only open on the weekends. “You should make a reservation”, she said, “but I think they are catering a wedding […]
Near The Banks Of The Mighty Po River – BASIC RISOTTO
Po River Glad to be out of the madness of Genoa, we made the drive North to our next destination, Brusasco. A small town about an hour outside of Torino near the banks of the mighty Po River. Our apartment for the week was actually in a small Borgo sitting at the top of a […]
But Why Here? – one night in Genoa
Genoa Twice in my life, a local has asked me why I would want to visit their hometown. The first time, I was lost in an alley in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, it was 1986. The second was this summer in Genoa. I thought I was pretty smart, I found a super cheap hotel near the […]
The Best Bakery in Italy – Forno F. Casali
Lucca Lucca is a lovely little-walled city about an hour and a half drive from Florence. We were lucky to have visited frequently last year when we were based only ten minutes away in Massarosa. This trip we were based in Barga for the week, with Lucca just over a half hour away, and even […]
Hiding In Plain Sight – Teatro dei Differenti
Teatro dei Differenti We had seen pictures of the 18th century theatre that sits in the middle of the old town of Barga, but when we got there, the doors were locked. When we asked the tourism office how we might gain access we were told to go to city hall. Figuring there was no […]
Michelangelo’s Marble
Serchio Valley Installed in our artist’s pad, it was time to go enjoy the Serchio Valley and all its little villages, some stuck in the deep dark woods. The first order of business was to drive up to Trassilico, a tiny village perched on a mountain top at about 1700m above sea level. Our Castellina […]
