“You may have the universe if I may have Italy… -Giuseppe Verdi

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It’s alluring, but complicated. It’s the kind of place that can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred metres, or in the course of ten minutes.

Beppa Severgnini, La Bella Figura

 

IMG_4356 IMG_4330 IMG_4329ZàZà Ristorante Trattoria Firenze  -Piazza del mercato centraleIMG_4629IMG_4654lovely Venice..IMG_4944IMG_5004IMG_5010IMG_4946Artists Apartment, Trastvere, RomaIMG_4056 IMG_3627 IMG_3585IMG_5007cobble stone paths and names for remembering IMG_3614 IMG_3610 IMG_3586 IMG_3609 IMG_4047Luca, waiting for un caffè, NO NAME CAFE, TRASTEVEREIMG_4060 IMG_4061 IMG_3855 IMG_3860the open door bookshop, Via della Lungaretta, 23 Trastevere 00153 Rome,Italy Ph:+39065896478IMG_2859 IMG_4936 IMG_3616 IMG_4986

 

one night

my husband and i were married on new years eve two years ago. following our wedding night we spent the next two nights at the CROWN METROPOL. we had such a good time hanging out in the city, eating, drinking coffee and simply taking the time to enjoy our moment of togetherness without the children, that we thought we should do it again. we moved our anniversary night forward into November so we can spend new years eve with our tribe. Again, we had such a great time i think this could become a welcomed tradition of ours.

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we stayed at CROWN METROPOL we ate at ROSTETTAS RISTRORANTE desert was insisted by our lovely italian waiter TORTA VERONA simply a trifle of mascarpone,lemon sponge liquor,blueberry and sugar-coated almonds this i must highly recommend tapas at YOUNG & JACKSON best coffee from DEGRAVES ESPRESSO shopped at CAMPBELL ARCADE