Patria Palace Lecce

Goodmorning my friends..hope you had a nice long week-end hanging around, buying Christmas gifts..


Here it is my Homemade Olive Oil-Flavored Bread (Puccia con le olive - it is a genuine cooking tradition in Lecce area and Puglia territory!) Do you wanna try to bake it ...

What a special Sunday morning...woke up and...my hubby made me a great surprise... A big Christmas Tree was twinkling in our living room and a couple of Christmas stockings hanging up by the fireplace waiting for Father Christmas Coming!.. worth a picture...yeah...Really couldn't resist the temptation to share this magic image with my friends too... because at Christmastime we love to feel like ...

... is most frequently prepared on Sunday before Easter.

I'm going to show you two different versions to make Sagne 'Ncannulate. I learnt the first tecnique when I was only a little child watching at my beloved zia Lucia. Recently I learnt the second version from Alessandro's grannie, she is an adorable old lady, aged 86! Many thanks to both of them

... container up to the safety valve

- Fill of coffee powder the filter shaping a smooth hill

- Screw the upper coffee container and the lower water container together.

- Leave on the cooker just until coffee comes out filling the upper container and then..your Italian Homemade Black Coffee Espresso is served.

This Potatoes Pitta is a supreme culinary work of art, very typical and representative of my land, Salento - Puglia. I heartly dedicate this meal to all my friends, especially to those who are in London, UK and last Summer joined my lunch or dinner for helping to make this mouthwatering ...

Fly to Salento - Mediterranean Diet - Healthy Food and Slow-Living in Apulia, Italy - Authentic Value

Legumes are well known for their precious healthy properties: they represent one of the main ingredients to characterize the Mediterranean Diet, a lifestyle, such an extraordinary natural tool to prevent cancer, heart diseas, etc. Strongly advised for children, legumes are an excellent source of vegetable ...

Destination 399

[Arrival from Ferry]

After a night with more than just a fiew hours of sleep on the ferry from Greece, I arrived early in the morning around 7:00am scared facing the heavily industrialized City of Brindisi! The first sight of Italy was not the most charming - hopefully to be changed soon. Therefore, after arrival and one of the quickest Immigragtion check (1 Minute), immediate departure on motorbike to explore more charming places.

See next entry.

... entire time. We kept getting tickled, and finally Dennis got up, and located another compartment for us.

There is nothing more relaxing to me than to sit back and watch the world go by, on the train.

We arrived in Brindisi in just enough time to purchase and board our ferry. The room on the boat was small, but comfortable. We would arrive in Corfu the next morning.

... over 500 years old and ended up at the Adriatic sea! It was absolutely beautiful and i took a ton of pictures for you :) Tonight me and sam are taking a train trip to Rome!!!!!! the train leaves tonight at 9:30 pm and we dont' get there until 6 am tomorrow. We are meeting up with a teacher they had the first week, staying in a hotel and coming back on Sunday. I am so excited!! i will be sure to take lots and lots of pictures. love and miss you all!!

... We spent the next couple of days in the ´heel of the boot´, around the lovely town of Lecce with its stately squares and grand sandstone buildings, then to Otranto, with its ornate cathedrals, both highlights of the region. We crossed towards the ´ínstep of the boot´ to the village of Gallipoli, a fortified headland (virtually an island) where the fishermen in their traditional boats mended nets by the port. The ¨Heel´- a great place to spend a few days.