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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 9 - A STORMY DAY IN CASPERIA - March 12, 2013
This photo of Casperia and Monte Soratte courtesy of Giorgio Clementi A rain storm in the Sabina is something to be experienced... We woke up to a grey, cold day... There were a lot of these during our...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 5 - ROCCHETTE, VESCOVIO & CANTALUPO - March 8, 2013
This image of Rocchette courtesy of Alessandra FinitiIt is cold, drizzley, and dreary grey in the Sabina, but we can't let this day go to waste. We have only a week with our rent-a-car, so every day...
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CASPERIA'S CANTINAS - The Secret World Behind Those Beautiful Old Doors
Our cat Smokey checking an old cantina on Via Latini in Casperia In North America the word "Cantina" means a type of bar or tavern, one that usually has a Mexican or Spanish motif. Here in Italy,...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 8 - TUSCANIA, ETRUSCAN TOMBS IN SUTRI & SOCCER ON...
The view from our room at Hotel Tuscania of the medieval churches built above the old Etruscan acropolis outside the wallsLast year we made an excursion into Etruscan country across the Tiber into the...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 21 - SCIROCCO & AMADEO'S FARM IN CANTALUPO -...
Scirocco, Amadeo's prize Chianina bullOutside of Cantalupo on the SR313 is the GS Supermarket. When you cannot find what you want at the smaller Conad Market in Casperia, this is one of the places...
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A WALKING TOUR FROM CASPERIA TO PARANZANO - A HISTORY WALK BACK TO ANCIENT...
It has been almost four months now since we have been living in Casperia, a stern, earth-tone castle town about 80 minutes by car northeast of Rome in the Sabine Hills. We have been visiting this...
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A NEW STORE SELLING ORGANIC SEASONAL FRUIT, VEGETABLES, NUTS and HONEY opens...
Last year Manuel Montanari, a young up-and-coming film director produced a short film called “Da qui se ne vanno tutti” which translates “Everyone is leaving here”. This poignant short was filmed here...
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"MERCOLEDÌ INSIEME!" - SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 4 - A DAY TRIP TO THE...
Castel Gandolfo and Lago Albano courtesy of Luca Deblu68Last year, when we visited the Sabina, we stayed in Casperia for about a month... It was the most amazing time in my life for so many reasons....
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Touring HIGH ON THE HOG - Andar per Olio e per Cultura: A Cultural and...
"E anche quest'anno siamo pronti per guidarvi tra lestrade della Sabina, tra gli ulivi e le montagne dai mille colori...Montebuono and Fianello in autumn by Giorgio Clementi...i borghi medievali che...
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PANPEPATO SABINO - Il Gusto del Natale in Sabina.
Winter view of Catino, courtesy of Giorgio ClementiThe olive harvest is over, the days are colder, the nights are longer, and snow begins to decorate the postcard-perfect hilltowns of the Sabina. It's...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 4 - SALISANO, MOMPEO, FARFA, and CASTELNUOVO di...
Salisano Panorama courtesy of Giorgio ClementiI have written in previous posts how Facebook has been an influence on our relationship with the Sabina. Though it was a random picture of Casperia found...
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Sabina's Olive Oil Harvest and how it relates to Motorcycles, and The Rise...
It has been a little more than a year since we made our move to Italy. We have experienced the colours, different shades of light, the wild range of temperatures and weather, and an amazing array of...
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OLIVE OIL FROM SABINA - The Green Gold of 2015 is Fresh, Green, Grassy,...
This is a follow-up from my previous post on Sabina's olive oil harvest of 2015. Since our forays out into the oliveti in the valley below Casperia to help our friend Pino, we have had a number of...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 19 - ALESSANDRA'S COTTANELLO - March 23, 2013
The Sabine hilltown of Cottanello as seen from L'Eremo di San Cataldo, courtesy of Alessandra Finiti In late March of 2013 a dear friend from high school and university years, Fern, came to visit us in...
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Un Pommeriggio con Pino alla ricerca degli Mitici Asparagi Selvatici della...
Our pal PinoToday I had one of those days that after living in Italy in a small hilltop town for over a year and a half stood out as one of the best. I went asparagus hunting! In 2012, we discovered,...
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Boared in Orvieto - Posted on Facebook - Painted in Vancouver - Framed in...
This is a slightly different post than usual as it has to do with a piece of art that I bought during a recent visit to Vancouver. This portrait of my partner and I has its origin in a selfie, one of...
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SABINA'S TALENTED YOUNG FILM MAKERS FLAUNT POGGIO CATINO'S DARK SIDE in "LA...
Photo of Catino and its Lombard tower - Courtesy of Giorgio ClementiWith its two castle ruins and an impressive Lombard-era watch tower that dominates this section of the Tiber Valley, there is...
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"SO... WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO HERE?"
We have been living here in Casperia, a small, rustic hill town nestled in the Colli Sabini about an hour's drive NNE of Rome, for a little more than three years now. The story of how we first found...
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HARVESTING GREEN GOLD/OLIVES for OIL: THE HEART & SOUL of SABINA - Part1
This year we have been having a lot of fun helping friends harvest their olives. It is an amazing experience! A few years back we were fortunate enough to be able to assist our friend Pino for a few...
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DUE PAZZI CANADESI in ITALIA: We are branching out into YouTube!
Ciao Ragazzi! Richard and I would like to announce the "soft" launch of a collaborative effort to share more of our experiences and perspectives about our life here in Sabina through videos on YouTube....
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ALLA RICERCA DELLE PIANELLE: A Tour of Casperia's Dated Restoration Markers -...
Casperia - Photo courtesy of Alessio CaffarelliWe live in Casperia, a small hill town in central Italy's Provincia di Rieti about an hour's drive NNE of Rome. We moved here from a wooden row house unit...
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ALLA RICERCA DELLE PIANELLE - A Tour of Casperia's Dated Restoration Markers...
As I wrote in Part 1 of this post, we live here in Casperia, a rustic hill town in the Colli Sabini, about an hours drive NNE of Rome. We moved here in September of 2014 from Vancouver, British...
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HELP US TO SAVE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY! AIUTATECI A SALVARE UN...
If you have ever come to Casperia and visited for more than a couple of days you have likely discovered our beautiful hiking trails and other gorgeous routes for walks in the country. Right outside...
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ARTISTS, ARTISANS & ENTREPRENEURS BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO CASPERIA’S CENTRO...
Aerial view of Casperia courtesy of Fabrizio GherardiGreat News! After many decades of absence, artistic and commercial activity is slowly starting to reassert itself inside Casperia’s 13th century...
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