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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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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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View from the Wall
NOTE: If you are one of my subscribers and you get this blog post as an email, please click through to the original entry on the website instead of just viewing it in your email. The photos look MUCH better … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, Australia, bagnone, chocolate, English, expat, florence, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, lucca, Lunigiana, massa carrara, paris, photograph, photography, recipes, travel, Tuscany, weather
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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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Fosdinovo and Treschietto
I’m sitting here waiting for a man to come and look for Fainas. It’s just another part of country life here in Italy, dealing with the critters who share their habitat with us pesky humans. A Faina is a small … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, Australia, bagnone, bread, castles, chocolate, coffee, cooking, English, expat, faina, food, fosdinovo, galleries, giuoco, groppo, il faro, italian, Italy, language, Lunigiana, massa carrara, photograph, photography, ruins, travel, treschietto, Tuscany, weather
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Mostly castles
Has it really been that long since we last chatted? The lack of blogging does not equate to a lack of interesting incidents here in Tuscany, it just reflects the slackness of this blogger! Actually this past week has been … Continue reading
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Tagged alps, apenines, apuans, aulla, Aussies, Australia, bagnone, bonfire, caprio, castello, castles, chocolate, christmas, comano, expat, Fidenza, flooding, food, groppo, italian, Italy, lake, language, licciana nardi, lindt, Lunigiana, mall, massa carrara, mountains, panigacci, parma, photograph, photography, podenzana, pontremoli, presepe vivente, shopping, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Parma and snow….with balls!
Snow at last? No, snow with balls! Yesterday we had REAL snow and I have lots of pics to show you all. First, however, let me tell you about our little excursion to Parma this week. There are many interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Aussies, bagnone, chocolate, christmas, cooking, expat, food, groppo, italian, Italy, language, Lunigiana, massa carrara, parma, photograph, photography, pontremoli, snow, travel, Tuscany, weather
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Tuscan Tales 