Gotta Love Italy

11/03/2023

Which is your favourite Italian gesticulation?

03/11/2022

A UNESCO World Heritage site, is the heart of the 'trulli' district in the 'Valle d'Itria' in . It is enchanting! I LOVE trulli, the historical round, stone-packed, conical roofed dwellings that one sees throughout this area, but nowhere else are they concentrated as they are here.

Alberobello, Puglia.

02/10/2022

Vai con me .. ❤️

Beautiful view of Positano 😎

19/09/2022

My heart is always here!
Chiesa Santa Maria di Assunta, just a little further below and you're on Spiaggia Grande, the main beach.

But did you know that below this beautiful church lie the ruins of an ancient Roman villa, destroyed ultimately by the Vesuvian eruption of 79 A.D. It is a work in progress to excavate it, but there is, fairly recently opened, a museum onsite that you can visit and take a glimpse into the colourful Ancient Roman times, right here in Positano!

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Beautiful Positano by night ❤

08/09/2022

An organic lemon orchard in the Valle delle Ferriere, Amalfi, Campania ... on my list for lunch when I'm next there!

07/09/2022

Who's in need?

Words of Wisdom 💚🤍♥

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07/09/2022

Just beautiful ... any time of day or night!

The lights of Positano ❤️

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05/09/2022

When Life gives you lemons ... head for Italy!

02/09/2022

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20/08/2022

Nothing like Summer in Positano! Le Sirenuse is one of those iconic hotel destinations that you just have to add to your bucket list! Their terrazzo has one of the views ever!

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10/07/2021

The magical Amalfi Coast!

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20/06/2021

... the only place to be is Positano!
Renowned for its 'sfusato' lemon, from which the deliciously refreshing liqueur limoncello is made, one also finds these citrus fruit called 'cidrone' (picture below). The flesh is eaten sprinkled with either salt or sugar, but rather these giant fruit look so bright and happy in a bowl!
Here's a recipe (tried and tested) to craft your own limoncello at home ...

Ingredients for 2 litres:
About 8 ripe lemons, washed (you use only the peel)
750 ml bottle vodka
1 litre water
700 gm sugar

Pour the vodka into a glass container, one with a lid

Either with a knife or vegetable peeler, remove the peel of the lemons. Make sure any pith (the white part of the skin) is cleaned from the peel, as this adds a bitterness you don't want.

Then add the peel to the bottle of vodka, seal, and leave to stand in a cool, darkened place (a cupboard would be good!), for a week.

During the week, give the bottle a shake to stir up the peels in the alcohol.

Once the week has past, you need to make a sugar syrup. To do this, over a heated stove, add to a pot the sugar and water. Stir to dissolve - this takes about 3 minutes from mixing to boiling. You now have your syrup. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.

Then take the container with the lemon peels (you will have noticed the alcohol has taken on a yellowish tinge - it has drawn the essential oils from the peel), remove the peels, and pour the lemon alcohol into a pot with the sugar syrup.

Mix well together.

Have a taste - you may need to adjust to your liking ... if it is too strong, soften a bit by adding a little more water.

Decant the mixture into bottles which can either be corked or capped.

There are various thoughts on this last part - some tradionalists say to leave the bottles standing for 40 days before it's best to drink, others say 20 days. I've tried much sooner than that and it's just delicious!

Limoncello is best served cold. It pairs well with dessert or can be mixed with prosecco and soda to make a really refreshing summer spritz.

The best thing about sipping on a limoncello or spritz is that you are seemingly instantaneously teleported to Positano!

16/05/2021

The quintessential Amalfi Coast scene!

Amalfi, Italy! 🍋 📸

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19/03/2021

How many people feel the same? I certainly do!

I love Italy, it's become my favourite country to visit over the years and while travel has been on hold I've been waiting out for when we can return to Ital...