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Two years later… we are back!

16 Aug 2022

It’s been a long two years… Covid has indeed changed our lives immensely. Two years in which we have basically stopped travelling and, as holiday home owners, also stopped renting out. But now, we are back!

Written by gloria and posted in Feeling at Home, Food for thought

There’s no visiting Tuscany at the time of Coronavirus

06 Apr 2020

An update and a few reflections now that life has stopped going on as usual. All in all, we pay the fact that we are “us”.

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought

Visiting Tuscany at the time of Coronavirus

01 Mar 2020

Coronavirus is not (yet) a major concern in Tuscany. Life goes on as usual. This is my view on the topic, in the hope of answering many of the questions I have recently received.

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought

Foreigners in Tuscany

20 Apr 2017

If you are not born and bred Tuscan, you will always be a foreigner to us. But we will welcome you wholeheartedly anyway!

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable, Off-the-beaten-path Tuscany, Southern Tuscany

Family businesses in Tuscany

21 Jan 2016

Why we need a break at lunch time… and why we need to protect small family-run businesses.

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable, Off-the-beaten-path Tuscany, Southern Tuscany

Secrets, stories and hot summer days

18 Jul 2015

In this heat, there’s not much you can do, besides sitting in the shade and hopefully have the time and peace to read a good book.

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable

The odd woman out’s view on “authentic Italy”

18 Mar 2015

Like it or not, this is who we are and what we are like.

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable

Senza parole…

20 Feb 2015

Languages cut out reality in different ways through words. Sometimes we are simply left speechless.

Written by gloria and posted in Everyday life in Tuscany, Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable

Changing climate, changing tourism

28 Jan 2015

Is the changing climate changing tourism in Tuscany? Is it changing Tuscany itself?

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable, When to visit Tuscany

(Wonder)women of Tuscany

08 May 2013

About gender equality and other matters…

Written by gloria and posted in Food for thought, Italy blogging roundtable

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