RollingRocco

As much as I like travelling I love going back home! There is no other place that makes you feel like you belong somewhere 🙂.  To our surprise after 5 months of being absent everything was working ok and our herb garden exploded with sage and rosemary! Since it was still sunny I picked some herbs to dry for the winter teas  (discovered  new ones like red clover with its powerful properties).  To still feel like a part of Blera family we had to taste the liver sausages!! Deliziosi! We finally put up the painting that Pablo gave us as a goodbye present in Georgia and it matched perfectly to our living room! And to our surprise the first snow has arrived!!! I love snow especially because don't have to use the car! Surely if I had to move everyday to work wouldn't be so excited 😆. But I don't so let's welcome the winter season with a fire place burning, lots of teas and hearty meals like polenta that we had at our friends Killy and F...

3 giorni di festa sono volati. I nostri amici Marco e Sara  erano impegnati a portare le persone per fare un giro in macchine off-road 4x4 sulla pista preparata da loro . Noi invece eravamo impegnati con il servizio ai tavoli.  Era un lavoro faticoso non per la fatica fisica ma perche bisognava trattenersi dalla voglia di festeggiare troppo ( insomma bisognava bere giusto per essere in grado di aiutare a servire i tavoli e con la ottima compagnia presente non e stato facile 🤣🤣). Il venerdì trascinati dal entusiasmo della festa eravamo in piedi fino alle 2 a ballare in Piazza con un ottimo gruppo The Sunny Boys band.  Franco ha avuto la su prima esperienza con lo sketch!!  Lo sketch come ci hanno spiegato e vino allungato con la gazzosa che tradizionalmente per non sporcare bicchieri si beveva direttamente dalla bottiglia ar cannello .  Ovviamente con un certo stile ed esperienza Franco ...

Wow! Non so da dove cominciare? Era un weekend lunghissimo e divertentissimo!!Penso che devo dividerlo in due post perché sono successe troppe cose. Siamo arrivati il mercoledì per avere tempo di raccontare delle nostre avventure a Sara e Marco ( i nostri carissimi amici che abbiamo conosciuto a Maggio). Anche se ci siamo visti precedentemente solo per una cena a casa dei ragazzi, eravamo sicuri di voler tornare. In ocassione della Festa Per San Martino ogni mosto diventa vino non potevamo mancare! L'ospitalità che ci hanno riservata e top del top!! Ci siamo subito sentiti a casa. Una grande sorpresa - le felpe con la foto di Rolling Rocco!  I ragazzi ci hanno portato in giro per vedere le attrazioni della zona - particolarmente impressionanti le tombe etrusche  e cantina museo di una delle case private di Blera. Dopo un paio di giorni per ambientarsi eravamo pronti per sapere di più sulla festa. Anche perché facevamo parte dello staff😉 Per...

We have few appointments on our way home and one of them was visiting Manuela and Marco. We met those fantastic guys in June when staying in Puglia.  They live permanently in camper and in autumn work in the vineyard close to where Marco grow up, in the hills of Gulianova.  And as Marco says: Gulianova is the most beautiful place in Italy😉! And as it was also my birthday I couldn't imagine the better place to be🙂!  We also visited Calanchi di Atri natural reserve  and Atri - medieval borgo. Famous for it's liquorice and pan ducale cake we couldn't resist to take some home.  Fortunately and unfortunately for us the route that were taking home is full of food and wine specialities that you can only find in this region. So today we had a quick stopover for lunch in Ascoli Piceno  to taste Olive Ascolane ( stuffed and fried olives) and this evening we're staying in Norcia- where the Italian world no...

Yes , I know I wrote a lot about Puglia!! We pass Puglia every time we have to take a ferry to Greece and it's a great opportunity to visit our friends!! As always Vinicio and Amelia have spoiled us with their hospitality! Their house is like a meeting point for all other friends.  Time goes so fast when you're in a good company!We met Mimi the cat, a new addition to the family🙂.  We stopped for few nights close to Polignano al Mare and I really got positively surprised.I always thought the coast from Bari to Lecce isn't very appealing because of the state road that passes close by. I was wrong! There are small bays and fisherman villages and Via Francigena pilgrimage route passes on the coast as well.  Didn't manage to visit Alberobello ( famous for trullo-conical stone huts)- but saw those little trulli .  So yes I do recommend you visit Puglia!!!

We're on the ferry, going back to Italy ( but not going home yet😀).We spent amost a week on the beach close to Corinth and for us it means we really liked the place! The weather wasn't great, but with few sunshine pauses in between rain we managed to finally have a barbecue.  We bought these steaks ages ago in Turkiye,but since there was a fire ban all over,we couldn't grill. Franco literally spoiled us with fish- our freezer is full now💪😀. Since our plans changed and we didn't go to south Peloponnese where our most favourite taverna is we had to find a substitute. Gournopoula- roasted whole pork  and lamb cutlets are a must in Greece! I cannot describe how mouthwatering and succulent that pork was!!! Last stop in Greece, the beach that we stayed at several times. It's 30 km from Igoumenitsa (where the ferry departs) and close to Àlbanian border. It's great for a swim, convenient and peaceful. Well it was befo...