September 9, 2021
Most people pass by the area from Musso to San Vito. They drive into a tunnel just after Dongo and pop out again 4km later in San Vito. In between is a quiet patch of 2 small villages, little traffic… Continue Reading…
September 4, 2021
Our mountain rustico, although 1150m up from Lake Como, is officially in the commune of Gravedona ed Uniti. Therefore this makes Gravedona our “local” town (it takes 30 minutes to drive down the mountain to get there, but hey). As… Continue Reading…
October 24, 2020
San Marino is a country and we were passing right by it! Er, then a stop was a no-brainer.. Clark knew about the country because of its football team…the one everyone wants in their qualifying group (I get the impression… Continue Reading…
October 2, 2020
Why did we chose the Valtellina valley? It may have become obvious from previous posts, but we like our food and also the pleasure of a glass of wine. When we first visited the Northern end of Lake Como we… Continue Reading…
September 22, 2020
We’ve been house (and cat) sitting in the area of Marche in Italy. I had to look it up as this is a new one on me, I mean Tuscany, Umbria. Lombardy…I’ve heard of all of these, but Marche? Quick… Continue Reading…
September 2, 2020
Domaso on Lake Como is one of the places we visit regularly. The beautiful harbor, a good choice of eating places, a bike shop and great gelateria are the things that keep us coming back. This time though, we wondered… Continue Reading…
August 21, 2020
We’re exploring the Lakeside towns of Como starting with Sorico and Gera Lario, both towns that we drive past on a regular basis. We’ve decided to park the car and wander the streets of each town to see what we… Continue Reading…
August 4, 2020
Where are we? We have managed to get to Italy and are living off-grid in our little ‘rustico’. Our house is 1100m up a mountain in the pre-alps and our nearest neighbour a good ten-minute walk away; this is what… Continue Reading…
August 12, 2019
We went to Piemonte (Piedmont) because we wanted to visit the wine region where Barolo is made. What we knew before we went was that Barolo is made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes and is known as one of the best (and most… Continue Reading…
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