Since I moved to the UK 6 years ago, most of my conversations are about “proper Italian food”: not that I go around restaurants investigating all ingredients listed in their carbonara, it is more like people asking me for tips and secrets of having food “the Italian way”. I do enjoy all sorts of cuisines,…
It has been an incredibly busy week here at the tiny house, but there is always room for turtle updates. Dear friends, your babies are unstoppable! We have more and more turtles. Nests are hatching every day. We wish you are here to witness it – breathtaking, literally. A small beak, a closed eye, maybe a […]…
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
Whitby is a special seaside town in Yorkshire, particularly famous for the majestic Abbey ruins at the top of the East Cliff, and for the presence of the mineraloid Jet, found in the cliffs and on the moors. Jet has been used since the Bronze Age to make beads, and became very popular in the 19th century…
‘Being from Yorkshire is as much a state of mind as a geographical fact.’ – Liam Allen If I only had a penny for every time I heard this sentence since I moved here, I would have paid off my mortgage! I love how proud are the Yorkshire people of being from God’s Own County – and…
The York Museum Gardens are one of my favourite places in York. They are located in the city centre, beside the river Ouse. They contain the remains of the west corner of the Roman fort of Eboracum, including the Multangular Tower and parts of the Roman walls. The gardens also contain several buildings from the medieval period, most of them…
Growing up in the south of Italy means knowing the sea like your best friend. It is there, listening to your thoughts and comforting you with the sound of the waves rushing on the coast, hugging you with the gentle touch of the clear water, showing all its greatness below the dark surface. It also…
When I first moved to the UK, I admit it, I wasn’t impressed with this place. The weather, the language, the culture: everything was so different from the sunny, hot, little city in the south of Italy where I used to live. Over the years, I learnt to love the crispy air on a September…
“Give me yesterday’s bread, this day’s flesh, and last year’s cider” – Benjamin Franklin Is there anything better than freshly baked bread? The crispy crust surrounding the most delicate crumb, the slices still warm accompanied by a little bit of butter and salt, the smell filling the house within minutes. Freshly baked bread is the…
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Well, surely for this trip my heart was agreeing with my brain, and they were both saying “are you insane?”. I am a creature of habit – I like hot temperatures, medieval cities, ancient monuments. So when in 2018 Mr B. came to me, suggesting a trip…
