in fair verona, where we lay our scene Fair seems rather to undersell Verona, but in Shakespeare’s day, it was also a synonym for beautiful. And he’s not wrong. Verona is absolutely lovely. You may have glanced at my previous post about one of the...
Is this a rosé by another name? Winter-time and the living is … quiet. In Alba at any rate. January is a fallow month here – only the sales to compensate for Christmas having gone, the lights coming down, the cold, dark days leading into colder, darker nights. So,...
Lord Kitchener got 18 of the 19 letters correct. Close, but no cigar. What he really meant to say was: Our Country Needs You! It’s become much warmer over the last 2 weeks. I’m seeing a lot more ‘summertime reds’ around Alba as visitors from more...
Welcome to my first post on PiemonteMio – my revamp of Darryl’s great blog about life here in Piemonte (Piedmont): I hope you like this post and the site generally! Let me know if you have any suggestions for content, places to visit, eat, drink,...
After a difficult 2019 in which I turned 70, lost some mates and family, and endured treatment/surgery for cancer, I have decided to give up blogging about Paradise. However the name piemontemio.com is too good to waste so I am passing it on to a good friend to use...