Looking For Italy In Italy

There’s a little place I know in Italy where the living is cheap, the food is phenomenal and the scenery is everything you could ever want to experience in an Italian holiday. The New York Times top 52 destinations for 2020 have named it number 37! (Link here) 2-3 hours south-east of Rome and accommodation… Read More Looking For Italy In Italy

January 30, 2020February 1, 2020 apollard5 Comments

Lace from Offida

Offida is a town in the Marche region between Ancona and Ascoli Piceno. According to wiki, Roman remains have been found here as well as tombs dating back to hundreds of years BC, but the draw today is the church, Santa Maria della Rocca, the town hall, the wine and the lace making. My lovely friend… Read More Lace from Offida

October 13, 2016October 23, 2016 apollard10 Comments

3 Breasts in Frascati & a Boar’s Head in Orvieto

Twice I decided to get out of Rome for day trips. The first time I took to the hills, the Alban hills, the south eastern ones you gaze out towards from the roof of St Peters in Rome, (if the smog lifts). The area is a regional park called Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani and includes… Read More 3 Breasts in Frascati & a Boar’s Head in Orvieto

May 4, 2016 apollard2 Comments

Slow Food

In 1986 Slow Food was born in Italy with a name to directly confront the concept of fast food. It is now a global organisation and was started by Carlo Petrini from Bra, near Turin in Italy. The clip below is for those of you that speak Italian. He had already been a politically active man, he was… Read More Slow Food

January 31, 2016March 13, 2016 apollard5 Comments