sunshine and tomatoes: Spring in Italy

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

May days

So far, May has been a pretty good month (apart from the bureaucratic nightmare that I have been struggling with...more on that in the near future). Not only has the warm weather finally decided to arrive (it was taking its sweet time...let's hope it sticks around) but I have also managed to meet up with a very special friend of mine. Valentina and I have been friends for about three years now, and she was the first real friend I made here in Italy. Every time she's around in the city, we make sure that we can squeeze in a good gossip.

As well as this lovely meet up, I received a very special gift from my aunt in the UK: a beautiful painting done by her own fair hands. And the Italian courier didn't make so much as a smudge on the package- hooray! Isn't it fantastic??

And finally, (as all good things come in threes) I had the pleasure of sinking my teeth into this very sweet treat:

What you can see here, dear readers, is a strawberry tiramisù. Words simply cannot describe how delicious it was, so here are a few more photos for you to enjoy/salivate over.

Have a great day!

Monday, 4 March 2013

Sunday Snapshots

Just when I was complaining about the weather, a beautiful, sunny Sunday pops up.

And so despite the fact that I had done this the night before:

(Yes, that's mint vodka with Kahlua...!)

...In the morning, I got out of bed (albeit begrudgingly) and headed outside into the blinding sunshine. Yes, literally blinding. I had to shield my eyes for a good 20 seconds until I became accustomed to the glare.

It was a GLORIOUS DAY. Before doing anything else, myself and my man went for a coffee and a great big croissant. Then, we strolled around, launching a 'ciao!' at people we knew (the whole town comes out on Sunday morning, either for a walk after church, or to pick up some delicious cakes) and generally enjoyed being outside. Let's hope the weather continues behaving, and we can do this every Sunday!