850 years of history gone! Too sad and appalled! Quoting Michelle Obama: I will never forget the first time I walked into the Notre Dame Cathedral. I was a teenager on a school trip to Paris. It was my very first international trip, and until then, I hadn’t seen much outside of the South Side […]
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For the original recipe we use a particular variety of chestnuts, the so-called marroni that are first syrupy-ed and then glazed … in short, to get the homemade glazed chestnuts known all over the world as marron glacé, you will have to work a little. The origins of the marron glacé as we know them […]
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A colorful island and its lace, that is Burano. An island near Venice and as famous and visited. There is such an explosion of colors that one cannot walk without stopping to take a picture of a particular angle, the reflections on the canals, or a selfie against a favorite colored wall. Legend has it […]
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The World Cup finals are always very exciting. Best seeing with friends of course. This year I think everybody was rooting for Croatia, and for the right reasons; Croatia being a small team that never won before. They lost, but with honor! As I gathered some friends at my house for this happy occasion I […]
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Life in Italy 