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Wine tasting in the Veneto

If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us Out of the imminent night D.H. Lawrence, Grapes It is the perfect daydream; clear blue sky, warm sunshine and sweet grapes for tasting in the beautiful hills of the Valpolicella region. How lucky are we to be alive and on an excursion to […]

In class…

My teachers The teachers at InClasse, my language school, are fantastic. They are experienced in language teaching and learning and their teaching methodology is based on the Italian language as it is used today. Giacomo is a fount of knowledge on the history of Verona and I have enjoyed a number of guided walks with […]

Il Giardino Giusti

The sun is shining, a perfect day to visit Il Giardino Giusti, a beautiful renaissance garden in Verona. Giacomo is in fine form as usual, as our guide through the garden and its history. The Giusti family, nobles from Florence, had to flee the city as they supported the wrong side…ahh, politics! It was medieval […]

Look who’s arrived!

Yes, Timo has arrived in Verona! Not without some anxious moments on my part however. Final contact was at 8.30 am in Milano, then…nothing! Numerous messages sent, a number of phone calls across the Atlantic and a dash to Stazione Porta Nuova, Verona and…he is in the apartment when I return, a bit crazy and […]

The games people play

A night of fun and games at school. Playing Italian table games with teachers and classmates…a challenge but great fun, especially the crazy drawings. saluti …Isabella

In class

If music be the food of love…

As Shakespeare wrote … If music be the food of love, play on …so it was for me at the Teatro Filarmonico, at the performance of music by Verdi, Rossini, and Wagner played by the Orchestra of L’Arena di Verona, a full choir and a soprano with a voice like an angel. I sat in […]

A walk in the vineyards

A beautiful day for a walk in the vineyards of Valpolicella, in the foothills of the Alps, just west of Verona and between the mountains and Lake Garda.