“Who has just thrown paper and newspapers on the floor here?” Asked fellow blogger Isabelle as she strolled through the cozy coastal town of Pesaro on the occasion of the Rossini year 3 years ago. That’s the reason why: a few steps ahead she saw papers and bags scattered on Read more
My first “field trip” after a very long time was at the beginning of 2021 with Isabelle. Finally I got to see my beautiful hills again! We decided to drive to Loretello, one of the “castles” of Arcevia. You know when they say that the path is sometimes more surprising Read more
Wow! The Eccolemarche blog is 3 years old this month. In January 2018 Isabelle and I created the initially English-Dutch blog about Le Marche region, with the aim of making this wonderful, but relatively unknown region better known beyond the national borders. Elke joined us in 2019 and the blog Read more
Another year has gone and, do you know that our blog is turning 3 years this month, already?? I can’t believe we started 3 years and almost 180 posts (each) ago! I know you may not feel that our blog is so full of posts, and that’s why Isabelle, Elke Read more
If you ask any Marchigians what they are having as primo (first course) on Christmas day, the answer can only be the one and only CAPPELLETTI. I think we must have signed a secret pact at birth, saying that there will be no Christmas holidays with at least one meal Read more
Because of the difficult Corona year, in which even the Christmas celebrations at home are different than usual, many Marchigians and many Italian communities have come up with something to create a particularly beautiful and magical Christmas atmosphere in the towns. And Fabriano has really outdone itself in creating this Read more