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…
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…
Christmas season is as busy as summer and every year it gets really difficult to choose which activity attend to! Isabelle recently opted for a guided walk and show cooking in Cingoli, being tempted by the traditional Christmas pastries cavallucci. At 3 p.m. the organizers of Travelearn expected the participants Read more…
In March, the cob or mud house in Monte Roberto was opened to the public for just one day. We had already visited an entire district of mud houses in Macerata, Villa Ficana, but we couldn’t miss the opportunity right on our doorstep.Elke, Isabelle and I have driven past this Read more…
Lace making has a very long history throughout Europe, from Belgium to France, from England to Italy. Le Marche could not be any less and if you are looking for the real craft of lace making, your destination must only be Offida. Located in the south of Le Marche, on Read more…