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A day in Pisa – Tuscany

Pisa is one of those places everyone has heard of – and the Leaning Tower is without doubt its most famous feature. Near the Ligurian coast, just north of Livorno, Pisa is a perfect day trip from Florence. I took the train, enjoying every inch of the hour and half journey across the Tuscan countryside, [...]

Diary of a Sydney-sider in Florence

A visit to Florence would have to be a wonderful experience any time of the year. For me it was Christmas, and one of my best ever. Fewer tourists, no queues, soft winter sun, cheaper accommodation, and the best excuse in the world to spend hours on end inside shopping and feeding my soul made [...]


Classical Italian Wine

Early inhabitants of North Central Italy, the Etruscans, left remnants and indications of how they were able to make wine. When the Greeks settled in Southern Italy, they too were quick to find ease in producing wine, and even dubbed Italy with the name ‘Entoria’, which means the land of wine. It truly is the land of wine. Italy’s climate and soil combined with the old traditional technique of viticulture has contributed to Italy taking its place as a key natural wine-producing nation. The wines produced are as diverse as the people who inhabit this land, and as different as the colors of a spectrum.
Classical Italian Wine…