Yes, I miss London as a friend who lives far from me but who stays in my heart everyday, every moment of my life. London has a special place in my mind : live its big streets, its multicolour windows, its shops & its smells around different world’s cultures & kitchens ! Miss the curry … More Missing London in Christmas time
Last Friday I had the pleasure to visit Genoa with a special guided tour planned by Confartigianato Liguria association, CNA Liguria , IN LIGURIA regional agency touristic promotion & with the best Genoa’s licensed guide, Cristina Gelvi , in occasion of the Genoa Pesto World Championship 2016 . So nice to meet this new folk … More Sapori di Genova : a crunchy , soft focaccia Ligurian style
Sunday before Christmas in Florence is usually very crowded but … over the river Arno it’s another atmosphere! This is what I saw yesterday : a nice small market with different kind of products , from food to flowers to clothes : piazza Santo Spirito with its church & trees made me feel as … More Florence : Christmas market in Santo Spirito
Some friends, some food ( of course! ) some drink, a lot of music & fun & people of every age around us : teens , as my daugther ( that was there too arrived 7 hours 😱😱😱before the beginning with her friends) & middle age people,as us😊😊 http://www.tizianoferro.com Tiziano Ferro is a young Italian … More Florence stadium : Tiziano Ferro concert & his gay pride
The English writer , John Ruskin ( art critic ,poet ,peinter ) , born in my beloved London in 1918, visited Pistoia in 1845 . He was really impressed by the Church of San Giovanni fuorcivitas ( this Latin word means outside of the city but at the present it is considered THE city heart … More Pistoia ,a hidden gem in Tuscany: John Ruskin loved (& wrote )about this Church
I am going to tell you the story of ….. ….once upon a time there was a Tuscan girl who dreamt about living abroad & leave her small town for a big metropolis , as London, forgetting about her past & starting a new life far away from her birthplace… 30 years later this girl … More My Tuscany’s Tale: Volterra & 50 shades of green
Please don’t ️️miss ️it ️when in London : everything you can desire is Here ! Fashion shops,beauty shops, food, parfums ,drink, Theatre, cafes , restaurants,market,street artists ,live music, happenings , champagne, chocolate, teashop & …..people of any kind & colour , children That can run as in a small town’s Church square without cars In … More London to me : Covent Garden a small Beautiful world
Love this food Paradise ️sooo much & I Want to share it with you😍👍 I am Sure you Will like it too. Here are ️my reasons : 1.The location ( Just near The Shard, few steps from The tube station) 2. The colours ( so ️many, so different , so ….wow!)from vegetables to fruits 3. … More #Boroughmarket #London :Ten reasons to visit
You know I love this city as I could love a friend or a man or a mother who gives you life Love it because it is a shining gem Inside myself It knocks every day at ️my heart’s door and I answer Yes, here I am Here you are Nothing changes if nothing changes … More London to me
What can it be??? Guess! I wrote ️some previous posts about this….it’s about a red colour big sculpture ….before white & later red …… A masterpiece sculpture made by The artist Alexander Kosolopov originally from Russia but living in New York , working in Pistoia by Salvadori foundry http://www.salvadoriarte.comto create this big work called : … More MadeinPistoia & exported to Saatchi Gallery in London
In My previous post I introduced you The work in progress Of This big and tall sculpture : handmade in a foundry in Pistoia ( http://www.salvadoriarte.it) with The hard job Of The artist & an amazing cooperation with a team Of expert Italian people, after one year I can show you The masterpiece ready to … More #sotsart : a masterpiece MadeinPistoia by Alexander Kosolapov
By salvadoriarte I had The chance to meet & follow The last work of The worldwide renowned sculptor Alexander Kosolopov called : Lenin , Mickey, Jesus . A very big dimension work That takes months to be ended. In November it Will be exposed by http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/kosolapov_alexander.htm?section_name=breaking_the_ice in London so I Will be there to see … More Alexander Kosolapov in Pistoia : a #sotsart artist
I am so sorry but I have to start writing in Italian as I have to tell you my “love story” with London city, so I need to use my mother tongue language to describe at its best my feelings . I will try to add an English translation to my next Italian posts so … More My love story with LONDON – 1st chapter
Milkeria in Firenze Borgo degli Albizi 87R ( just close to The Bargello museum , in The city center) Last Saturday I had the pleasure to meet my friend Paul from Sydney in Florence & decided to try this brand new ice cream shop in The heart Of town. ‘Organic’ is the word you can … More La MILKERIA : organic original Italian ice cream in Florence ~Tuscany
Paris , Place de la Madeleine , France. Visited café PARIS LONDON because I love the name ( My most loved cities in The world ) and location ( This square is really beautiful ) Opposite there is Fauchon with The best food specialities, so a stop here is a must! Not really cheap indeed … More Postcard from Paris : Paris London café
I Love London and Harrold’s is a must when I am visiting This terrific city. This summer I heard there is a temporary Harrold’s store in Porto Cervo, so as I was in Sardinia, decided to go & see. Nothing to do with The original department store! Just some glass big boxes containing jewels,luxury cars,bikes … More Postcard from Sardinia: Porto Cervo hosts Harrold’s
This could be considered The most beautiful and really the oldest boutique still left in My small town, Pistoia. Yesterday Morning I saw its old gallery as a sort Of a small Burlington arcade in London : This Made me think about My strolls in London and how much I loved it when I first … More Like a Burlington Arcade but in Pistoia ~Toscana ~ Italia
This is a present for me from a Londoner friend – Steven – who saw this and thought how much I ‘d love to have this pict and.. he was really right as I am going to post his shot right here, in my London doors’ collection remembering the good times spent in London together … More London door : Marylebone St.
By T.S.Eliot took by the National Portrait Gallery – London – some years ago very true, don’t you think so?
I have been living for a while in this street love to go back everytime I am in London to see how it changes with years Love the shops’ window so nice painted in different colours till I could I hope I will come again as this old lady to see what’s going on in … More LONDON , Great Russell Street and an old lady
They come and go with a slice of chocolate cake in one hand, a hot cup of tea in the other an easy way of having a break in the easiest city of the world
Doesn’t it look like a still life painting?
Love Portobello market not on Saturdays – full of tourists – love the food stalls with all the aromas coming from different kind of food traditions London is made of this : a wonderful mix of cultures and specialities from all over the world all together concentrated IN HERE
Fried..another scent
Yes, London has a special scent to me a special original scent I cannot find anywhere else it’s a mix of strong aromas from coffee to spiced food , flowers and rain,smoke and croissant, dust and grass,horses and buses all over you when you are walking you can immerse yourself into a special olfactory tour … More LONDON’S SCENT
Every window has a shape, different kind of flowers love this one with a touch of French on the top as a coffer who keeps the home’s secrets safe from others’ sights
Wish I could open this window in the morning and see London wish I could live here not as a tourist but as a Londoner and open my eyes every morning as the first of my life
This blue door reminded the colour of the sky left in Italy the pavement invites to enter may I ring the bell?
Love the gates black gates as black cabs as black cats as black hats ready to go out in a dark night in the most shining town of the world
This is really something we haven’t in italy! I’d like to stay in a basement to see the people’s legs and guess who they are from the shoes they are wearing
I wonder who is the the lucky family or lady or gentleman who live here my mind likes to imagine the interiors of this home, the curtains,the sofas,the ceilings and the doors, the cups and the tea pots, the kettle on the fire and the smiles around the table
Some tender white flowers in this city garden in the heart of London so charming , so nice to stay under its open arms
This is what I love in London and I can’t find in Italy: such nice original shops! This is in Covent Garden
Love London and its homes behind every door a different smile behind every gate an unique golden prison
Walking down London’s streets is itself a pleasure , especially when you are in a such exclusive area like this one, with imponent buildings and trendy people from all over the globe walking around you Harrod’s is a must for Italians : everyone wants to visit once in life and buy some souvenirs to take … More LONDON – HARROD’S
Seeing where the famous writer stayed when she was in London was a great pleasure for me Love to discover old houses where writers,painters & any kind of artists lived in the past Behind each door another story, yes indeed, again a new dream
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