3 Random Photos

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A Perfect Pit-Stop for Prosecco in Pescara

About a week ago we arrived in Pescara feeling a bit tired.

It was that mixed feeling of delight to be so close to our ultimate destination, having a moment to relax and gather ourselves after a bus journey from Fiumicino, but knowing we still had the best part of an hour to travel before [...]

I’m in Silvi (TE), So How Come I’m Thinking About Siena?

There are certain foods I associate with different countries. I’m not necessarily talking about a national dish but more a meal that I discovered in that country and whenever I taste it I can instantly imagine myself back there.

Years ago, when I worked in Germany, I tasted schnitzel and wurst in their many forms [...]

In pursuit of Vestina, the ancient land of the Vestini of Abruzzo

It started with a chance meeting and later it became a tiny obsession, a little itch that needed to be scratched.

The meeting was with Gaetano of Vestina News and the obsession was the word Vestina.

I first met Gaetano during the summer as I tried to find the best vantage point to take photographs [...]