Trattoria La Casetta - Brisighella

Vegetarian Appetizer

I tasted a fantastic vegetarian menu at the restaurant La Casetta in Brisighella, a lovely village near Faenza in Emilia-Romagna. People in Emilia-Romagna are known to be particularly friendly and generous and I have to say that it's true, I really had an amazing day!

Passatelli asciutti su fonduta e tartufo / Handmade pasta with truffles and cheese fondue

La Casetta is DogFriendly. Slurp!

Postcard from Brixen

The cloister and the Cathedral 

The old episcopal city of Bressanone / Brixen, in the middle of the Isarco Valley, is a little treasure with a long and complex history to discover.
My top sights are:
- the Cathedral, the next cloister and the Parish Church
- the Palace of Bishops with the Nativity and Diocesan Museum
- the Museum of Pharmacy
- the large and small arcades of the Middle Ages
- the Abbey of Novacella, a few km north of Brixen


To taste:
- Brixner Schuttelbrot (local bread). Taste it with cheese and a glass of wine.
- Milk and cheese (I love grey cheese, a strongly flavoured cow-milk cheese). Visit the local dairy co-operative Brimi (quite near to the centre).
- Canederli / Knodel, bread dumplings with cheese or spinach.
- Apples (apple juice and strudel - recipe)
- Wines: Lagrein, Vernatsch (Schiava), Gewürztraminer, Sylvaner, Kerner, Veltliner. Have a tour around the vineyard (Novacella and privates)
- Hugo aperitif - recipe.
- Herbs. Collecting herbs is a South Tyrolean tradition and nowadays you can still find original herbal remedies for your wellbeing.

Adler bridge and the Palace of the Bishop

Museum of Pharmacy

Vineyard of Novacella

Church of Novacella

Encaustic inside Novacella

An October Saturday in Bologna



Follia Caffé

 




Follia Caffé

Follia Caffé

My short trip in Bologna :

I began with coffee and cake at Follia Caffé, Strada Maggiore 13C. From there I walked through restored Corte Isolaniand went out in amazing Piazza Santo Stefano.

I went around via Clavature to see typical food market and I walked 'till Piazza Cavour where there is the most beautiful ancient barber shop I've ever seen, Marchi. Then I followed via Carbonesi and Barberia and turned right to reach via porta Nuova.

Don't leave Bologna without a stop to Gelatauro, a wonderful icecream shop (gigembre, fenouille, Pumpkin and cinnamon)

Some address:

Boheme, via Santo Stefano 14b (clothes and accessories)

66 bottega, via Porta Nova 18b (antiques)

Panificio Piron el Furnar via Nosadella (bread and biscuits)

Il Gelatauro, via San Vitale 98b (icecream)

Ristorante Il Pappagallo, Piazza della Mercanzia 3 (I didn't eat there but I would have tasted 'Potato dumplings with blue cheese and raspberry powder' at 10,00 eur)



Camera con Vista, via Santo Stefano



Camera con Vista, via Santo Stefano

Piazza Santo Stefano

 

Flamant Reflex

Barberia Marchi, Piazza Cavour

My trip in Imola

 
Last Sunday, on a rainy day, I took a walk in Imola for the first time. I took some shots of the beautiful palette - from yellow to pink and orange - of walls and details in town, amazing!

Bozen - Bolzano

One day in Bozen:
- my best coffée:
Walthers', piazza Walther 6 Waltherplatz
http://www.walthers.it/
nice idea also for a drink in the late afternoon

- my nice lunch:

Nadamas, Piazza Erbe 44 Obstmarkt

http://www.ristorante-nadamas.it/
 

(our veggie lunch)

- my smart buys:

Eccel, Dr Streitergasse 23

http://www.eccel.it/

I buy a super winter cotton duvet, expensive but worth, I can also wash it in my w-machine.
 

Lizzy chez Nadamas et un peu du Lèche-vitrines

 

 

 Ancient and contemporary living in Bozen