Italy

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Family travel: It’s overrated

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 4, 2015

Couple of months ago Italy greeted me with sunshine and said a watery good-bye with heavy rains. It was a week of eating world’s best pizzas, in plural, in the tiny little village of Campertogno and washing those perfectly cheesy bits down with a glass of typical local, slightly sparkling wine. It […]

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The many returns – over ten years of Italian village life revisited

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 15, 2014

There’s a feel-good factor to returning to places I have visited before. No matter how many times I’ve been there. The first time I ventured to Campertogno, a small village in the Italian Alps couple of hours from Milan, was in 2003. It’s the kind of place you might drive […]

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Cesenatico – Piece of Beautiful Italy

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 1, 2014

“Ah, the weather, not so good”, says the lady behind the reception desk to me. I stare at her with a blank expression as I have just landed in a climate that resembles Norwegian summer. On a very good day. My mission for these four days ahead of me is […]

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Life in Pictures: Day at the Beach in Venice

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 2, 2012

Beautiful early spring day in Venice, Italy. No tourists, no crowds, no noise. In the summer these beaches on the Lido island just outside Venice’s touristic centre swarm with activity, but in March, it was all perfect! “Life in Pictures” is a random collection of shots from here and there, […]

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Life in Pictures: Fattoria Paradiso, Italy

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 22, 2012

Made with love; the many bottles of wine line up the walls at the Fattoria Paradiso (Paradise Farm) in Capocolle di Bertinoro, Italy. This prestigious vineyard has hosted many influential guests and the wines of Mario Pezzi have been the number one choice for Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton […]

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