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Italian Hospitality
... party. What a beautiful event to celebrate Gabriella’s 50th birthday with all of her family and friends. An evening of celebrations, singing, music and food. You know you’re at an Italian celebration when the tables aren’t large enough to hold all of the food being served!
- Fabio and Beppe taking us to Monopoli for an impromptu evening stroll through ...
Puglia Region
We were so grateful for the time Beppe and his friends took showing us and teaching us about their region of Italy. Puglia is a beautiful part of Italy, not as well known to the foreign traveller as many of the country's other areas. Through his fantastic tour guiding, Beppe showed us:
- Trulli's and taught us about these pretty, historic conical structures that dot the area outside of Bari. The town of Alberobello, known as the Trulli town ...
Bari - day 58
WE MISSED THE BOAT TO ITALY!!!
I'll get to that soon…let me catch you up…
So we moved from our gorgeous pink mansion on the mountainous/sunset side of santorini to the black sand/beach side (had I told you it was pink? Well it was, and it was stunning)…we succeeded in doing nothing, mainly because there was nothing to do…the 'town’ (Kamari) was a bit on the dodgy side…there were lots of empty restaurants ...
Organic Farming
... the rows of tomatoes, capsicums, courgettes, aubergines and wild plums. The ants go marching one by one...
- Drying seeds. We learned that a savvy way to cut costs is to pull up your sleeves and sacrifice a few from your crop (usually the first of the season is best) by cutting them open, separating the seeds from the flesh and laying them out to dry. Another unique way of getting the most out ...
The Italian Kitchen
... the year.
- Liqueur making with the abundantly growing wild plum berries. A full circle experience, picking berries on our first day, letting them ferment in alcohol over our two week stay at Beppe's and then sipping the sweet liqueur on our final night at the Masseria.
- Transforming quality ingredients into preserves and chutneys. Beppe's mom, Lidia has a true talent for this and we were lucky enough to taste a variety or her creations. We still crave some ...


