Summer 2020 was the season to visit Venice; no cruise ships and without the tourist hordes due to Covid-19 restrictions. Suddenly the city became attractive once more to people like me, an independent family traveler
Matera is the world’s third oldest city, an impressive history of human civilization and pain, shame and today community pride in being known as troglodytes
Bostrengo is a winter rice cake that is scrumptious served as a sweet pick-me-up when you wake to a cold damp squib of a day, or as a moreish little cube to accompany a large glass of fruity red wine on a howling night when you don’t want to leave the house.