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ITALY 2022 – PART 3
On our big trip to Italy we, of course, also visited places where the world-famous Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is made and even three of the most fabulous places. First, we visited La Cà dal Nôn, meaning The House of the Grand Father, in Vignola just outside of Modena. What a place, the beautiful buildings had just been thoroughly renovated and looked stunning, for…
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ITALY 2022 – PART 2
On our big trip to Italy we, of course, also visited a little Parmesan dairy. The San Pier Damiani parmesan cheese dairy is just a few kilometres from Parma. It was founded in 1846. Every day, every year, they produce the world-famous Parmigiano Reggiano, the REAL parmesan cheese, just as it has been made for 700 years. This is hard work, and the cheese must…
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ITALY 2022 – PART 1
On our big trip this year, we went to Italy. We had been planning this for a long time, and finally, we could take off, in our Hymer camper. We had mainly decided to stay with Agricamper Italia hosts and other hosts on our route. On our first travelling day, we came to the winery, Sparano Capelli, south of Milan. Here we tasted some of…
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Food trip to Italy, part 2
MODENA and PARMA. Our food trip to Italy also included visits in a Parma Ham production site and two Aceteia’s, the place where Aceto Balsamico di Modena, or Balsamic Vinegar (but don’t mix up these terms!) is made. The first tasting was at Acetaia Giusti, the oldest still existing, they have been producing balsamic vinegar since 1605. The 17th generation is now responsible for the…
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Food trip to Italy, part 1
PARMA. We went on a 3 days food trip to the Parma/Modena area in Italy. One of the days we visited the dairy San Pier Damiani where great parmesan cheese is made. The family has been making parmesan cheese, the real Parmigiano Reggiano, since 1964 – every day, every month, every year…. Believe us, this is hard, very hard work. Our guide, Mattia, explained us…
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SICILY – Part 5
Castelmola, perhaps the most beautiful village on Sicily, is situated on a mountaintop, 450 meters over the sea, offering great 360° views for example over Taormina and to Etna. Taormina is also set on a cliff, overviewing the sea. It is a cosy, yet touristic city. Lots of souvenir shops and many nice restaurants. We also walked through the peaceful Lady Trevelyan Park. Taormina…
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SICILY – Part 4
Despite our short holiday, we still managed to visit some very interesting places where we could taste a lot of important Sicilian food and beverages, including arancini, salsiccia, cannoli, granite en brioche, vino alla mandorla, wine from Etna, beer… – see some examples on our pictures. Castelmola is where we first tasted vino alla mandorla, a fairly sweet local almond wine, and salsiccia, a delicious…
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Sicily – Part 3
Gole Alcantara, the Alcantara Gorges, is an absolutely natural gem of a botanical and geological park. We had read about it in a Danish tourist book about Sicily! 🙂 Initially it was formed by the Alcantara River, thousands of years ago. At some time the river was blocked by lava streams from Etna. The cold water cooled down the lava which then made the impressive patterns in…
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Sicily – Part 2
The Godfather road trip – visiting some of the Sicilian film locations from the Godfather trilogy. Savoca, in the films known as Corleone, is a beautiful mountain village and where we found the church where Apollonia and Michael Corleone were married, the Church of Santa Lucia. After the wedding they walked the few hundred meters to Bar Vitelli together with the wedding guests. So did…
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Sicily – Part 1
Yes!, we went to Sicily for a short Easter holiday with our son and daughter-in-law, to celebrate the upcoming 50 years birthday of Lene 🙂. The first days we stayed at the wine resort Barone di Villagrande on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, the most active volcano of the world. What a pick; the service from the very late evening arrival to departure was perfect,…
