In December Isabelle and Erik went to visit the Oratory del Gonfalone and the nativity scenes in Fabriano. If you remember well, we talked about it in a post and we revealed that it was nothing but an ordinary visit! They unexpectedly got a tour of very special places in Read more…
Some dishes are incredibly linked not only to one region, but rather to just one village. Calcioni in Serra San Quirico is one example that we talked about some time ago and Tagliatelle fritte in Monterubbiano is our latest tasting. Although the name is the same used for some Carnival Read more…
Isabelle, Elke and I all live in the hamlet of Poggio Cupro, in the municipality of Cupramontana. Worth a visit as we mentioned in an earlier article! This year, much to our delight, the town council decided to hold the presepe vivente (living nativity scene) in Poggio Cupro. It used Read more…
May all your wishes come true, especially if you’re wishing to visit Le Marche! 😉 Laura, Isabelle and Elke
Once again, following my family tradition, we are visiting a new presepe this year. We have seen many, many, many of them. Big, small, a collection, mechanized, re-enacted… but this one beats them all. I am talking about the Exhibition of artistic nativity scenes, curated by Andrea Pistolesi, by the Read more…
December is definitely the right month for some nativity scenes-sightseeing. Last year I visited a true mechanical work of art in Porto San Giorgio (keep updated, that soon I’ll talk about the 2022 visit), in Castiglioni near Arcevia the locals annually provide original Christmas scenes and in Jesi we also Read more…