Winter has officially started here in Pavia…in some areas, snow is still on the ground. I can’t wait to see how this neighborhood decorates for the holidays!!! Speaking of decorating, if you download this video, you will see what it means to have “too much time on your hands,” and of course this only happens [...]

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Happy Turkey Day to all! In honor of a big day of eating… I’m risking some interesting hits from the search engines with a title like that, and even more with what I’m going to say now….I mean soft food porn because unlike some of the hard core food porn at Gia-Gina’s, my cooking skills [...]

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One of my recent finds, that I have to share for those you of in Milan. Just in case you have some extra time at the train station near platform 21, you can stop in at the Milano Centrale Holy Chapel (listed under Public Utility) for some private time. We checked it out yesterday…it looked [...]

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So, we went back to the “Cioccolato! Sapori e magia del cioccolato artigianale” little festival in Pavia. It was packed!! Luckily we went yesterday so we had already sampled and chosen our purchases for today. PS> Diabetics may want to check their blood sugar level after this post. People were getting a little more aggressive [...]

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Today was one of the most beautiful days I’ve seen in Italy in a long time…clear, sunny and crisp, it was one of those days that made everything sparkle and seem greener, fresher, cleaner. Being from California, it was also one of those days that said: Holidays! Sorry, no snow for us in the Bay [...]

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