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Tag Archives: castles
Many Goodbyes
For the past 3 days we have been soaking in the remains of Spring….literally! Storms of a rarely-seen magnitude descended over the entire valley and lashed the land with rain, wind and lightning. The clouds that sometimes hang over the … Continue reading
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Tagged aulla, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, castelnuovo di magra, castles, chestnuts, chocolate, cooking, English, equi terme, expat, filattiera, fire flies, foccacia, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, lightning bugs, lucca, Lunigiana, malgrate, massa carrara, nazi, pasta, photograph, photography, pontremoli, recipes, storms, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Scenes from an Italian life – part II
I feel it’s time for another blog post containing only photos and captions again. We travel a lot, but this little place in Groppo we have called home this past year truly has the best sights and characters of all. … Continue reading
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Tagged ameglia, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, calice, castles, cooking, English, expat, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, Lunigiana, massa carrara, montereggio, photograph, photography, pontremoli, statue stele, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Lucca, Carrara, Bibola, Lerici and other goings on
This year, we enjoyed Easter celebrations at Christina and Enrico’s house in Lucca. We drove down in time for lunch and enjoyed a delightful pre-dinner Prosecco in the garden before sitting down to an enormous lunch. It was not quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, bagnone, Bibola, castles, chocolate, cirone, Colonnata, cooking, easter, English, expat, food, fosdinovo, groppo, italian, Italy, language, lardo, Lasagne, Lerici, lucca, Lunigiana, markets, massa carrara, photograph, photography, Ponzanello, recipes, Romans, Ticks, travel, Tripe, Tuscany, weather
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Nice and other stuff
Last week (just a few days after our return from Paris), we drove up to Nice to swap our car over. Due to a bit of a contract mix-up, it turned out that we were supposed to return it on … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, Australia, bagnone, cannes, castles, chocolate, cooking, cote d'azur, easter, English, expat, filattiera, food, french riviera, groppo, hot cross buns, italian, Italy, language, lucca, Lunigiana, massa carrara, mocrone, monaco, nice, photograph, photography, ponticello, pontremoli, travel, Tuscany, weather
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I love Paris in the Springtime
It’s hard to believe we’ve been here almost 6 months already, how time flies! We knew at this point that we’d have to go to France to swap the car over, so we thought we’d make a vacation of it … Continue reading
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Tagged Arc de Triomphe, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, castles, Chappel Bridge, Como, Disneyland, Eiffel Tower, English, Eurodisneyland, expat, food, France, galleries, George Clooney, groppo, italian, Italy, language, Louvre, Lucerne, Lyon, markets, Notre Dame, paris, photograph, photography, snow, Switzerland, travel, Versailles
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Scenes from an Italian life
Here’s a blog post containing only photos and captions for once. It’s not that I don’t have anything to say, just that daylight saving started yesterday and that 1 hour of lost sleep has rendered me quite brain dead today. … Continue reading
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Tagged aulla, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, bonfire, castelnuovo, castles, ceretto, chocolate, cooking, English, expat, filattiera, filetto, fivizzano, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, Lunigiana, massa carrara, mocrone, pastina, photograph, photography, pontremoli, snow, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Porto Venere and Carnivale for kids
Two weeks have flown by since I last posted an entry here. I’ve been occupied with personal matters lately, and the neglect of this blog is just one casualty. Despite all the bullsh#t going on, I think it’s important to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, Australia, bagnone, byron, castles, cinque terre, English, expat, food, groppo, grotto, italian, Italy, la spezia, language, liguria, Lunigiana, massa carrara, mediterranean, photograph, photography, porto venere, shelley, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Carnivale in Viareggio…it’s time to party!
The trouble with having only news channels to watch in English is that you tend to become mired in the doom and gloom that is broadcast daily. Civil unrest, the economic crisis, wars, William and Kate (the latter not gloomy … Continue reading
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Tagged aulla, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, caprigliola, carnivale, castles, cooking, English, expat, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, lardo, licciana nardi, Lunigiana, massa carrara, pastina, photograph, photography, torre di apella, travel, Tuscany, viareggio
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A spooky tour and an English lesson
There has been much going on this past week and of course it’s only possible to write about a few selected highlights here. That’s not to say that the parts I omit were not important, just that I probably don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged aulla, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, bed and breakfast, castles, cooking, English, expat, food, fosdinovo, ghosts, groppo, italian, Italy, language, Lunigiana, massa carrara, photograph, photography, recipes, travel, Tuscany, valentines, weather
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Casabasciana
One of the reasons we came to Tuscany is to find relatives and places of significance to Chris’ family. Chris’ Dad was born somewhere near Bagni di Lucca in a small town called San Concordio. He doesn’t know the exact … Continue reading
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Tagged apuan mountains, Aussies, Australia, bagni di lucca, bagnone, casabasciana, castles, cooking, English, expat, food, groppo, italian, Italy, landscapes, language, lucca, Lunigiana, photograph, photography, pisa, spring, travel, Tuscany, wild flowers
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Tuscan Tales 