Shhhh! I’m going to tell you a secret. Make sure you keep it to yourself as it’s just for people looking for unusual and authentic experiences …

We celebrated the first day of March with an improvised hike in the Berici Hills – a striking chain of heights about 15 minutes away …

Today I am saying good-bye for another year to a dear friend – the Venetian frittella. It has a beautiful name, an irresistibly puffed-up appearance, but …

Finally! I was at Rialto Fish Market in Venice and it was better than I have ever imagined it to be. For the past year …

One of the very first things you come to realise when you move to live in Italy is how deeply intertwined the past and the …

A week ago I found myself in a 13th century church in Padua. Called Chiesa degli Eremitani  or the Church of the Hermits, in English it …

There is nothing worse than to get pickpocketed or mugged when you are travelling far away from home. Loosing all your cash, bank cards, driving …

Moretta – a small oval mask made of black velvet – has always intrigued me. It was worn exclusively by women and it did not …

Throughout the two and a half years that I have been living in Italy, one name has kept popping up every now and then catching my attention and …

Finally! It snowed in Vicenza. After weeks of scrolling through social media statuses from friends and acquaintances both showing off and complaining about the record …