The Beach of Scheveningen During the Covid Pandemic
On a hot August Saturday, we went for a visit to Den Haag. It is also home to Scheveningen, a beach resort district of which I had never heard before. It would turn out that the beach of Scheveningen during…
The Wolves of Florence
This is the second post about our recent visit to Florence (the first one is here), and thus, part 2 of the series of posts concerning the week long trip around Italy. In this one, we look at the wolves…
A Sweltering Summer Day in the Hague
Yesterday, the sun continued to offer us another sweltering summer day here in the Netherlands (quite exceptional, to be honest). As the temperatures rise well above 30 Celcius, our tiny penthouse apartment changes into a sauna experience, not that far…
Flourishing Florence – A Visit in the Heart of Tuscany
Last week our small household backed its back bags again and head for Italy for family reasons. As I lost last spring and summer to health problems and this spring was globally lost to Covid, we decided to pack our…
Emergency Observations -Inside Italian First Aid
Pronto Soccorso - First Aid in an Italian hospital.
The Beauty of Bologna -Contrasts in Corona times
I have just come back from a quick trip admiring the beauty of Bologna, a buzzing university city with more than 2500 years of history, located in Northern Italy. In these weird Corona-times I want to state that the cause…
Finnish Swearword, Italian Blessing?
What is the profound difference between Finnish and Italian swearing? Read why one of the oldest Finnish cuss words and everything you can say with it sounds just like a blessing to an Italian.