Yesterday, December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception day, we went in search of Christmas fairs near us in the Lunigiana. We ended up going to Fivizzano, then taking the scenic back roads to Carrara, lured by the intriguing propaganda the...

I had wanted to go to Bobbio for a long time. Bobbio is the start of the Via degli Abati, the Abbot’s Way pilgrimage trail, an alternative way through the Appenines for pilgrims on their way to Rome . The La Via degli Abati connects to the Via...

Ok, so you’ve had a winter’s day and it’s been all gray like old flannel underwear and you’ve huddled near the stove and shivered nearly to death and then the next day emerges all bright and bristly and the landscape is, in its upper extremities,...

Well, today, the first of December, was a doozy. Rain, thunder, lightening, then hail in the morning, then clearing. When we headed for the car to do some shopping and get some lunch it began to rain once again. By the time we headed home from Sarzana...

Today has been an interesting day. After I clicked the shutter to take the fog picture from outside my window you saw in the last post, the fog gently took over and blanketed our valley. We waited an hour, then got in the car to go to Aulla and the...