Category: Blogs and Blessays
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Rooftop magic in Rome
Tonight @piazza della repubblica
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You go to Rome for many reasons….
…and one would be the puntarelle; ‘alla romana’ is a typcial side dish – a delicious wintery chicory salad ~ ~ when anchovies taste divine, dare I say sublime.
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Off to Rome; our former home.
Not sure my guy ever forgave me for moving away…
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Merry Christmas
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Chez Bay winter views in Paris and Prague…
Hushed views when our address was in Paris 2006-2009, Prague in 2012, Bucharest in 2013 and Piemonte, Italy, back in the winter of 2014. It wouldn’t dare snow in Malta and we didn’t have a view in Amsterdam. There was none to see from out boat when I lived near Venice for 6 months, a…
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Winter vineyards and quiet environs in Piemonte, Italy
Italy’s success at exporting their culture is seen in the northern region where Piemontese farmers produce rice for the rest of Europe. The Swiss come here to make their chocolate because of the prized hazelnuts. There’s plenty of truffles, world famous wine like Barolo, Barbera and Barbaresco and Moscato, award winning cheese and oh so…
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A year in Prague; even the buildings are Bohemian
Wiki: The “Dancing House” is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of an apartment building destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945. The plot and structure lay decrepit until 1960, when the area was cleared. The neighboring plot was co-owned by the family of Václav Havel, who spent most…
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Damn Amsterdam; super year living along the canals
Fantastic year spent living in Amsterdam, allota rain, some snow and those Dutch – straightforward and fun; a country full of merchants. I write about cultural realities and they are truer than ever. Excerpt from my book, A European Odyssey; how a boxer’s daughter found grace: about falling in love with a typical Dutch couple…
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this world needs a noodle angel army – to make peace
Time to make more noodle angels…
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weather report in much of europe; very cold
So cold I’m wearing the same dramatic hats I wore in Bohemia a decade ago Temperature in Garda, same as Prague today, tho the snow never sticks here on the lake; not for long. Looking up, the mountains are covered in soft white, offering an ideal snow pack for spring. I miss living in Bohemia,…