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Category Archives: Italy

I wanted to be an expat

Posted on 12th April 2020 by Cathy Powell — Leave a reply

All of us are currently experiencing a rather interesting time due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and it looks like it will have far reaching consequences for countries across the Continue Reading →

Posted in Expat, Italy | Tagged living in England, living in Italy | Leave a reply

Chocolate brick and other food memories

Posted on 4th February 2018 by Cathy Powell — 8 Comments ↓

One of the first blogs that I started when I was living in Italy was called Chocolate Brick.  It was so named after a dessert that friends of ours made Continue Reading →

Posted in Food, Italy | 8 Comments ↓

Timballino di melanzane

Posted on 5th January 2018 by Cathy Powell — 7 Comments ↓

I didn’t discover eggplant (aubergine) until I lived in Italy.  I don’t remember it being a vegetable that I was aware of when I was growing up in suburban Sydney. Continue Reading →

Posted in Food, Italy | Tagged Italian food | 7 Comments ↓

Lake Bolsena and its towns throughout the year

Posted on 1st January 2018 by Cathy Powell — 11 Comments ↓

Lake Bolsena is the largest volcanic lake in Europe.  It is located in the Viterbo province in northern Lazio.  The border with Tuscany is close by.  The lake becomes quite Continue Reading →

Posted in Italy | Tagged lago di Bolsena, Lake Bolsena, Lazio | 11 Comments ↓

Agnolotti di patate e manzo al tartufo

Posted on 29th December 2017 by Cathy Powell — Leave a reply

I could never not eat pasta.  Perhaps it is because of living in Italy for several years and always having pasta for lunch.  Perhaps it is also down to the Continue Reading →

Posted in Food, Italy | Tagged Italian food, pasta | Leave a reply

Capodimonte – Unknown Lazio

Posted on 23rd July 2017 by Cathy Powell — 4 Comments ↓

Capodimonte, is a small town on the southern shores of the majestic lake Bolsena in northern Lazio and nestled between Tuscany to the north, Umbria to the east, Rome to Continue Reading →

Posted in Expat, Italy, Travel | Tagged Capodimonte, Lazio | 4 Comments ↓

Rocca Farnese, Capodimonte, Lazio

Posted on 22nd July 2017 by Cathy Powell — 4 Comments ↓

Capodimonte is a characteristic medieval town located in northern Lazio in an area that is known as the Tuscia (which corresponds to the Viterbo province of Lazio). The origins of Continue Reading →

Posted in Italy, Travel | 4 Comments ↓

My Moving Country Guide

Posted on 19th July 2017 by Cathy Powell — 4 Comments ↓

A couple of years ago we sold our house in Italy.  As a result this necessitated moving the possessions that we couldn’t let go of to England.  Three years is Continue Reading →

Posted in Australia, England, Expat, Italy | 4 Comments ↓

San Pietro, Tuscania – interior and exterior

Posted on 18th July 2017 by Cathy Powell — Leave a reply

It is quite a splendid sight when you view the church of San Pietro in Tuscania for the very first time. It is in such a prominent position that it Continue Reading →

Posted in Italy, Travel | Tagged Lazio, Tuscania | Leave a reply

Keeping things simple

Posted on 17th July 2017 by Cathy Powell — 6 Comments ↓

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.  Camille Pissarro Since launching my website I have spent some time going through hundreds of Continue Reading →

Posted in Food, Italy | Tagged Italian food | 6 Comments ↓

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