Why am I posting a picture of fog and rain? Well, it may not be the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen, but to me it’s the most beautiful sight I’ve seen in a while. Yes folks, that’s rain. Something we haven’t seen here in months. Ah, blessed rain. The air is […]
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5 Comments » This weekend was festival weekend here in town. Well, it really started on the 16th when we had the Festa della Madonna del Carmine. We have what we call the Collegio below town which was once a monastery, then a school for priests, and is now where the priests live. It has […]
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We recently had a festival here in town called “Tra le mura del borgo”. In the medieval section of town a market was set up and local vendors selling typical products of the region had stands in the market.
One of the stands featured hand-hammered copper pieces, some of which were truly unique.
Here […]
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Abruzzo burns.
Unfortunately, when we got back from our Sunday roadtrip, we were greeted by the remnants of a fire below the town of Dogliola. The fire had burnt along the Trignina from Dogliola towards Tufillo. It was for the most part extinguished, but there were still embers here and there. Since it […]
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I didn’t have much time to write last week since I was busy working on a project. To sum the week up, it was hot…. And that’s about all I can say.
To escape the heat, we decided to take a ride up to Passolanciano with friends. Passolanciano is located in the National Park […]
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