Scorri a basso per l’italiano   I love balsamic vinegar and knowing that Modena is where this incredible liquid was created, it was time...

L'italiano segue ogni sezione Isola dei Pescatori (Fisherman's Island) is also knows as Isola Superiore as it is the most northerly...

L'italiano è appena sotto l'inglese in blu - Scusa si ci sono errori (Italian translations just under English in blue) Gianni was born in...

L'italiano è appena sotto l'inglese in blu - Scusa si ci sono errori (Italian translations just under English in blue) As a boy, Gianni...

Our daughter Crystal and her fiancé Chris live in Arona which sits on the southern end of Lago Maggiore. Like Stresa, the lake and...

Having been in Stresa, Italy the past four weeks we have been literally forced to slow down because life is so much different than Canada....

Even though I'm forever on a long weekend, here in Italy it isn't a holiday this weekend. In Canada, you are full swing into your...

Whenever Gianni and I walk the promenade we go by the some of the most amazing hotels which in the future I will have a blog capturing...

We have been so lucky to find an amazing rental apartment in the heart of Stresa with-in walking distance to restaurants, grocery stores,...

Sunday in Italy is all about calcio football (what we in North America call soccer). Go by any coffee shop or bar and you will see...

This morning we got up at 7 am and went for an hour walk around town to start to get acclimatized. Even though it is a small town of...

Exhausted from our travel day we had a great sleep at the hotel and got up at 7am and went for a 40 minute walk around the little town of...

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years just fly by and therefore it is time to reminisce about 13,879 days ago. That is the day...

Tomorrow Gianni and I get to spend a couple of months in a small lakeside town we fell in love with when we scoped the region for the...

When we knew I was retiring Gianni asked what I wanted to do and it was simple, out for dinner with the kids and back home to play cards...

Having worked since I was 12 years old I was worried about letting go of work life, however I can honestly say I've adjusted really well...