Autumn in Barga
Many of our visitors to Casa Verde head off for the great triumpherate Tuscan cities of Lucca, Florence and Pisa; all within an hours drive from Pescia. However, there are some stunningly beautiful...
View ArticleA Very Merry Christmas from Tuscany
We cannot believe that another wonderful year has gone by and nearly two years since we first moved to Casa Verde. Here in the hills it is sunny again after a very fierce storm with high gusty winds...
View ArticleWinter in Vellano
We hope you all had as lovely Christmas and New Year, as we had here. The weather was mild and sunny this year and there was lots to to do and people to see, including our friends and neighbours....
View ArticlePalm Sunday
In Tuscany we have been having some warm and benign weather after the chills of February; indeed we are here in Florence on Palm Sunday. Here, there is a quietly joyous feel about the city in the...
View ArticleParco Villa Reale
The Villa Reale near Lucca Tuscany Last June we published an article on the Villa Torrigiani, one of many villas and parks in the Lucca/Pescia area. The Palazzo of the Villa Reale is no longer open to...
View ArticleSummer Feste
In Tuscany, at this time of the year, there are plenty of superb summer festivals. In particular, many music and arts events to keep visitors entertained. Particularly impressive are the many local...
View ArticleNew Look Casa Verde – The Wall
Just a very brief addition to our blog. We have designed and constructed a new wall and balustrade for the main house of which we are very proud. Here it is:
View ArticleCycling Mania In Tuscany
The UCI World Cycling Championships 2013 in Tuscany! These run from September 22nd to September 29th 2013, with race starts in Lucca and Montecatini Terme Here is the happy Canadian Fred McGuire, who...
View ArticleChristmas: A most ‘wander-full’ time of the year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Casa Verde, especially all our visiting guests and friends this year to our house in the hills above Pescia in Tuscany. We have had our first...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Village
Here in the Valleriana, it is late winter and it especially quiet during a season that has been wetter than normal. Many people are away in other parts of the world, there are some happy visitors,...
View ArticleBella Bologna!
It is spring so a visit to Bologna was on the cards. Bologna is not in Tuscany it is over the Appenines in the Emilia-Romagna region. However, it is only 70 miles from Casa Verde and well worth the...
View ArticleA Pauper No More – Baccala Alla Livornese
A Pauper No More BACCALÀ ALLA LIVORNESE (serves 4) Ingredients - 600 / 800g baccalà fillets, still salted and dried - flour as needed - 400g peeled tomatoes - parsley - spring of rosemary -...
View ArticleWinter in Vellano
We hope you all had as lovely Christmas and New Year, as we had here. The weather was mild and sunny this year and there was lots to to do and people to see, including our friends and neighbours....
View ArticlePalm Sunday
In Tuscany we have been having some warm and benign weather after the chills of February; indeed we are here in Florence on Palm Sunday. Here, there is a quietly joyous feel about the city in the...
View ArticleParco Villa Reale
The Villa Reale near Lucca Tuscany Last June we published an article on the Villa Torrigiani, one of many villas and parks in the Lucca/Pescia area. The Palazzo of the Villa Reale is no longer open to...
View ArticleSummer Feste
In Tuscany, at this time of the year, there are plenty of superb summer festivals. In particular, many music and arts events to keep visitors entertained. Particularly impressive are the many local...
View ArticleNew Look Casa Verde – The Wall
Just a very brief addition to our blog. We have designed and constructed a new wall and balustrade for the main house of which we are very proud. Here it is:
View ArticleCycling Mania In Tuscany
The UCI World Cycling Championships 2013 in Tuscany! These run from September 22nd to September 29th 2013, with race starts in Lucca and Montecatini Terme Here is the happy Canadian Fred McGuire, who...
View ArticleChristmas: A most ‘wander-full’ time of the year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Casa Verde, especially all our visiting guests and friends this year to our house in the hills above Pescia in Tuscany. We have had our first...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Village
Here in the Valleriana, it is late winter and it especially quiet during a season that has been wetter than normal. Many people are away in other parts of the world, there are some happy visitors,...
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