Month: December 2017

December 24, 2017

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year …

We’re taking a break for the Christmas holidays, but before we disappear until 2018, we wanted to say a few words. First of all, Merry Christmas (Buon Natale in Italian!). We’d like to thank everyone who visited our little corner of the internet. We share …

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December 16, 2017

Christmas In Italy …

This is my second Christmas in Italy, and I now think that I am getting the hang of how the Italians like to celebrate the festive season! Just like in the UK, the Italians start their celebrations early! On December 8th, which is a public …

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December 9, 2017

Don’t Waste Your Leftover Panettone …

It’s now officially Christmas in our house as we’ve opened the first panettone of the year! As always, I like to use any leftovers of anything I use, so I’ve been thinking of ways to use any leftover panettone that might be lurking around after Christmas.

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The Panettone Masters “I Maestri del Panettone” …

December 2, 2017

The Panettone Masters “I Maestri del Panettone” …

Even when I lived in England, it was never Christmas until I’d watched “It’s A Wonderful Life” and opened my first panettone of the season. Imagine my excitement when I found out there was a panettone festival just up the road in Milan! Naturally I …

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Lisa's first attempt at Baklava made with homemade filo pastry and an Italian #bergamotto honey syrup! Can't wait to taste it! #baklava #melitodiportosalvo #calabria #calabriafood #calabriafoodporn #eatcalabrisi #instadaily #instatravel #italy #italia #calabria #igerscalabria #vivocalabria #travelblog #worldtraveler #italytravel #madeinitaly #italy #vivo_calabria #igersitaly #ig_calabria #hub_calabria #vivo_it #bloggersofinstagram #bloggerlife #blogger #blogitalia #reggiocalabria #calabriacontatto #welcometocalabria #yallerscalabria ...

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Our first taste of an Italian Christmas Eve meal. A huge thank you to Tommaso and Elisabetta for your wonderful hospitality and incredible food! You welcomed us into your home at this special time! #melitodiportosalvo #calabria #calabriafood #calabriafoodporn #eatcalabrisi #instadaily #instatravel #italy #italia #calabria #igerscalabria #vivocalabria #travelblog #worldtraveler #italytravel #madeinitaly #italy #vivo_calabria #igersitaly #ig_calabria #hub_calabria #vivo_it #bloggersofinstagram #bloggerlife #blogger #blogitalia #reggiocalabria #calabriacontatto #welcometocalabria #yallerscalabria ...

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After a day of torrential rain and storms we've been rewarded with a stunning view of Mount Etna from our apartment. #melitodiportosalvo #calabria #calabriafood #calabriafoodporn #eatcalabrisi #instadaily #instatravel #italy #italia #calabria #igerscalabria #vivocalabria #travelblog #worldtraveler #italytravel #madeinitaly #italy #vivo_calabria #igersitaly #ig_calabria #hub_calabria #vivo_it #bloggersofinstagram #bloggerlife #blogger #blogitalia #reggiocalabria #calabriacontatto #welcometocalabria #yallerscalabria ...

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Monument of Athena and ampitheatre in Reggio di Calabria. From our latest blog post: Reggio di Calabria - The City Of Contrasts- Link in Bio!
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New blog post - Merry Christmas from Italy!

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Merry Christmas from Italy! - Our Lives In Italy

Christmas is nearly here! Itay is now back into a virtual full lockdown. So we are not able to travel to the UK to see our family.

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As you may know, we in Italy have now gone back into a virtual full lockdown which means that we are not able to travel to the UK to see our family. We are going to try and make Christmas and New Year here as good as it can be. We have started off by inviting our friends to a real British Christmas lunch (had pork instead of turkey!) which I think was enjoyed by all. Having to explain what Pigs in Blankets, stuffing balls and gravy stretched our limited Italian to the max but we somehow got there. They have invited us down to their apartment for Christmas Eve and we have been told not to eat anything all day! The Christmas Eve celebrations here come under the name of The Festival of the Seven Fish so really looking forward to that.

Christmas Day will be really quiet with just the two of us and our great friend Sheryl who, because her father can't come over to spend the time with her as he normally does, she will be spending the day and Boxing Day with us slobbing in our PJs, drinking, watching cheezy films and drinking copious amounts of the local fizz.

Not sure what happens in Calabria for New Year as last year (our first down here) we spent in the UK so looking forward to what is to come. I know we wont be allowed to celebrate normally because we are not allowed to leave our apartment (except for emergencies) so watch this space.

I want to finish off by wishing you all a safe, healthy and hopefully Happy Christmas and fingers crossed for a better New Year.

Much Love from Lisa and Craig.

In the current situation, we can't travel around Italy. However, that doesn't mean we can't read about it. I've just finished reading Eating Up Italy by Matthew Fort. It has certainly given us more ideas of where to visit once everything back to as normal as it gets in Italy!

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In the current situation, we can't travel around Italy. However, that doesn't mean we can't read about it. I've just read Eating Up Italy.

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Pointy thing. Cranium. https://t.co/1JgNM3eOau

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Could murder a pork pie right now. They do great food over here, but sometimes you just need a taste of something you miss.

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Finishing off today with a negroni. It's been one of those days.

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Just back home after teaching English in Italy. Here we wear full face visor, face mask and gloves. No wonder teachers in England are worried about the lax rules that the Government are trying to roll out. Schools are not safe.

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It's 17th January and I'm still wading through all the pandoro and panettone that we've got.
Not such a bad thing.

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Month: December 2017

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year …

Christmas In Italy …

Don’t Waste Your Leftover Panettone …

The Panettone Masters “I Maestri del Panettone” …

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