by Steve and Ann | Mar 27, 2020 | Feature Food & Drink, Feature Italy, Feature Recipes, Food and Drink, Italy, Recipes
Learning to make handmade Tuscan pasta isn’t that difficult, especially when taught by Tuscans who make it all the time. While isolated in our home in Nebraska this week because of the coronavirus outbreak, we learned (via the internet) how to make handmade...
by Steve | Nov 21, 2018 | Feature Italy, Italy, The World
At over $1 million per hectare (2.47 acres), Cartizze Hill in Valdobbiadene is some of Europe’s most expensive agricultural land. It offers the perfect combination of soil, acidity, sunlight, and water for Prosecco’s Glera grape to thrive. Plots of land...
by Steve | Jul 20, 2018 | Experiences, Feature Italy, Food and Drink, Italy, The World, Where we've been
I’ve done wine tastings before. You pull into a winery, hear all about their wonderful product while sampling a flight of four to five wines poured out in small, two-sip portions 10 seconds apart, decide whether to buy, and then head out the door. So, when we set out...
by Ann | Jun 15, 2018 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature Italy, Italy, The World, Where we've been
Caio from Rome, Italy! We made it and Rome and intentionally did not pre-plan much of our first day in Italy. We tried that a couple of years ago but a mechanical issue caused our flight out of Omaha to be canceled and we lost money on pre-purchased tickets for a...
by Steve | Jun 2, 2018 | Blogging, Feature Italy, Italy, The World
Yes, we’ve been invited to tour Italy with Deb and Massi. She’s from upstate New York, backpacked through Australia and New Zealand, and worked in Silicon Valley and in Texas. He’s small town boy who grew up on a Tuscan hunting estate and winery and...
by Ann | Jan 16, 2016 | Feature Italy, Italy, The World, Where we've been
When we stepped out of the car along a roadside overlooking the Roman Forum and ruins, I could hardly believe my eyes. I’d seen pictures of these places in history books, and watched movies like Gladiator that showed these scenes, but nothing quite compared to...