Travel – Italy

Fabulous Ferrara – Italian UNESCO district Part 2

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It’s always interesting to look back after a visit and try to recall your first impressions of a city.  My first impression of London was of a hot summer’s day and a teenager’s love for the tremendous buzz of Oxford Street on a Saturday afternoon.  My first impression of Nice was of a maniacal taxi [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #222

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  Memories of Mantua – September 2012

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Bologna, city of jazz and tortellini – Italian UNESCO district Part 1

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Up until a few weeks ago, my principal experience of Bologna was rushing through the airport en route to the tiny village of Zibello where my sister-in-law is from. Little did I know that Bologna is a city of many faces and many names: “the fat one” (la grassa) in reference to its meat and cheese-heavy cuisine; “the learned one” (la dotta) in reference to its famous university; or “the red one” (la rossa), originally referring to the colour of the roofs in the historic centre, but later also connected to the city’s status as a bastion of socialism and communism after World War II.

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Saturday Snapshots #213

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  Sunset on the Adige River – Rovigo, Italy, September 2012

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Saturday Snapshots #169

November 19, 2011

Gatto Toscano – Italy, October 2011 We met under the Tuscan sun as the Autumn leaves were falling.  Our eyes locked and the attraction was instant.  It was only a brief holiday romance and never meant to last…  but the sweet, purring memories still linger. And why not read all about the Plate to Page [...]

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Plate to Page – a Tuscan tale

November 18, 2011

We all the know the formula, right?  Big house in the middle of nowhere.  Bunch of diverse people from all over the place who sign up to live there together for a while.  Strangers sharing living quarters, cooking together, eating together.  Cameras absolutely everywhere throughout the house.  Mentors available for a chat 24/7.   Strange and sometimes inexplicable [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #167

November 6, 2011

 Under Tuscan sun: Pistoia, Tuscany – October 2011   Stay tuned for a full report and pictures from the Plate to Page food writing and photography workshop last weekend in Tuscany.   Saturday Snapshots is a series of non-food photographs published every Saturday on CookSister.  Previously featured photographs can be viewed on the Saturday Snapshots archive page. Photos [...]

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