The name of our neighboring municipality Maiolati Spontini intrigued me from the moment we came to live in Poggio Cupro. Spontini turned out to be the name of a very important composer at Napoleon’s court.He was born in Maiolati in 1774 and died there in 1851, a few months after Read more…
Ostra Vetere is one of those places that you have never visited, although being very close to you. Because, what do you think you can find there? Well, apparently, a lot! Isabelle and her husband Erik visited it for us. Do not confuse this municipality with the nearby town of Read more…
Have you ever wondered what was on the inside of a big building and never had the chance to enter to discover it? I had this feeling every time I was strolling through the alleys of Serra San Quirico, a quaint village which bears also the Orange Flag (we spoke Read more…
The community of Serra de Conti once belonged to one of the “Castelli di Jesi”, but before that Umbrians, Gauls and Picenians lived together on this same spot. The name Serra de Conti (hilly ridge of the counts) can already be found in documents from the 13th century. The little Read more…
You know what Marcel Proust used to say ” The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” What if the real voyage of discovery is NOT using your eyes? There is a perfect museum Ancona that lets you travel the whole world and discover Read more…
We don’t need to go back dozens and dozens of years to answer this question, as the habits of the children have changed so rapidly that even my childhood’s toys differ from the ones from today. Isabelle, my Dutch fellow blogger, has discovered a beautiful museum that can help us Read more…