Visit Le Marche

Last time I went to see a b&b, during one of my explorations of Le Marche.

I was near home, in Monte Conero area, few miles from Ancona.

This is the view you can enjoy at sunset from the b&b.

We all are poets, especially in front of beautiful views.

One of those views - which my guests know very well - can be enjoyed from Fratte Rosa, where baked clay potteries are still hand-made and sold to people who loves cooking well.

The 21st March, when Spring starts, the roads around Fratte Rosa will be closed to traffic and will be accessible only by bus from a close parking. All the visitors will be given a chalk to write a poem, or just few lines, right on the asphalt.

A food point will be available to eat.

The whole programme is available here. Unfortunately, it's only in Italian, but I'm sure that if you email the organization, they will give you instructions in English (although it's not difficult to understand).

Few days ago I had a wonderful tour with Dan and Emac, a South African couple on their late sixties.

They arrived from Asmterdam on Wednesday and went back to Holland on Sunday morning. We spent two days together, Friday and Saturday, having a very interesting tour.

Indeed, since they were based in Bologna, we decided to dedicate the first day to this city and the second to Le Marche, Monte Conero area to be precise.

The Bologna walking tour was awesome although a bit phisically demanding, and the day in Monte Conero area was fantastic.

If you consider that we had a very elegant fish lunch in Portonovo, and that the night before we had a jazz dinner in one of the best places of Bologna... why don't you book a tour like this?

Hey there... just to tell you that I'm alive :-)

And that I haven't been writing for a long time in this blog just because... I have no inspiration!

I usually write and talk when I've something interesting to say.

Well, except for Christmas, I don't have big news, or something really worth to be written.

Doing the ordinary job, working on some upcoming tours, always happy to drive people around Le Marche.

And also working on the contents of my newsletter: this time I will introduce something new... hiking in Le Marche!

Stay tuned!

Tomorrow is the 11th November, the San Martino day. In Le Marche we call it "Festa dei Cornuti", that is the Feast of the betrayed men. Literally, it means "men with the horns" (popular way to say "cheated"), since in the past this was period of Cows Fairs (that's why the "horns").

In this period, we eat chestnuts and try the first wine ("Novello"). Somebody cooks also the