Wine tasting: Cantina TerraCruda

I had a fabulous time at Cantina TerraCruda! Seriously! Even though I was tasting wines at 9:30 a.m. and felt dizzy after 8th glass! OK, let’s start from the beginning: I asked my hosts from Marche Holiday about a good local winery and they told me about TerraCruda in Fratterosa. And they were right about this choice, by all means! Location Fratterosa is beautiful! A very small village, in the middle of vineyards and gentle ... Read more

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Cooking Lesson: Antico Furlo

You are familiar with my love towards Italian traditional food a visit in an excellent restaurant Antico Furlo is not a surprise. For the first time, however, I had an opportunity to spent time in professional kitchen with a famous chef Alberto Melagrana. Although I am familiar with traditional italian food made in Emilia – Romagna this was a totally different experience. Previous episodes of my adventures in Marche are here. ... Read more

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Truffle hunt in Marche

Acqualagna, along with Alba, are two Italian towns associated with truffles. As a highly appreciated delicacy truffles play important role in haute cuisine. Known from ancient times they have been eaten in a variety of traditional dishes throughout Europe. Due to its high price and restricted hunting regulations only selected restaurants serves dishes with truffles all year round. The industry of Acqualagna – a small town ... Read more

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The Gentle Hills of Marche

The gentle hills of Chianti are widely known and appreciated. It is much less so in case of Marche – a region that is just around the corner. These two regions have much in common but being little neglected makes Marche so much more intriguing! This gallery here shows only a small piece of this majestic landscape but hopefully it is enough to make you wonder. For me Marche hills were a nice change after living in the middle ... Read more

Marche: living like a local

There is no way to melt into a small village in central Italy within a week. However, there is a way to get a feeling of how it could be to live like a local. It was the main reason why my hosts put me into a villa outside the city. The place was called Casale degli Ulivi and just as the name says: the house was located in an olive grove. I found it appealing for couple of reasons: I enjoyed the silence of the countryside, ... Read more

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Quick Look At… Marche!

Marche – one of the smallest Italian regions – is splendid! I neglected it somehow while I was living in Italy. And I deeply regret it! Therefore, I was very happy to plan this trip and discover Marche. Slowly. With no rush. And with wonderful hosts from Marche Holiday: Giorgia and Laura. They were telling me all local stories and the things that the are most proud of. We were eating truffles, enjoying the sun and ... Read more

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Deutsches Alpine Museum in Munich

If you follow this blog long enough you know that I like visiting small and off the beaten track museums. Although I appreciate the mainstream art I immensely enjoy modest exhibitions focused on a single city or a theme. A good example was one of my favorite museums of all times – The Little Museum of Dublin – of which even the name is cute. Visiting small museums all over the world I realized they have a particular set ... Read more

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Guest Post: Made In Italy

Meet Catherine – a wonderful travel blogger and a huge fan of Italy. We met at the last Tbex conference in Dublin and since then we are following one another activities. Naturally the stories focused on Italy are most interesting and the one of Catherine is totally awesome! I would say she experienced Italy with all her senses and her hands get very dirty along. This sort of first hand experience is really priceless. Read her ... Read more

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Brisighella: a fabulous one day trip

There are many places I have never been to. It is even more true for places that are close to a place where I live. Or lived. It is true that we often get seduced with a colorful photo of a far far away place and we are ready to cross the world just to be there leaving close sites unexplored. Trips like I had last week to Brisighella with my friends was one of these moments when I fully realized I share this unfortunate habit of ... Read more

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Scooter Drive to Positano

This was a memorable day! Driving a scooter in Italy is one of my favorite activities. A very simple skill I acquired instantly after my first scooter ride few years ago in Ferrara and since then I simply love it. I owned a scooter while I was living in Italy but unfortunately I couldn’t keep it when I left. All in all I use every opportunity to drive a scooter again and so from the moment I knew I went to Sorrento I had a ... Read more

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