We started this week near Lake Garda where we had been staying for the weekend. My parents had come to visit so it was fun to take some time out to explore another region. This part of Italy is much closer to what I think of as classically Italian countryside. The apartment we rented was … More Catching Up
Udine is situated about 40 mins drive from the Italian/Slovenian border. It has always been interesting to see the Slovenian influence in the region of Friuli. The language, the food and the culture are very much closer to Slovenia than what we would consider to be classically Italian. Apart from a couple of brief trips over … More Slovenian Colour
As I mentioned in my previous post, I didn’t get much stitching done whilst we were in Sicily. This was primarily because it was was more of a sight seeing, Sicilian three hour lunches and seeing friends kind of holiday. If it had been a lazy, lie on the beach affair, I would have got … More Bright Ideas Lead to my Undoing
We arrived back from Sicily yesterday. When I think back on our little holiday, I think mostly about colour: in particular beautiful shades of blue. They seemed to be everywhere we looked! I also loved the blowsy pops of colour from the bougainvillea and the thousands of pots of geraniums that lined every available wall, … More Sicilian Colour
