Bar Boomerang, Genova

April 2, 2012 by Di Mackey / Tags: Bar Boomerang , Genoa , Genova , ordering coffee in Italy / 0 Comments

Tweet One of my favourite places for coffee, here in the city of Genova, is Bar Boomerang. Initially it was the name that I noticed because I am a New Zealander, an Antipodean, and I just wasn’t expecting to find the word boomerang in Italy. Then it became all about the fantastic, never-tasted-better cappuccino and

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The View from Corso Italia, Genova

March 21, 2012 by Di Mackey / Tags: Corso Italia , Genoa , Genova , Liguria , Ligurian Sea / 0 Comments

Tweet I love walking alongside the coast, from the city out to Boccadasse, via Corso Italia. This particular day, I thought I would reach the safety of Boccadasse before the storm broke. And maybe I would have but who could resist the chance to take photographs like this …

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All Saints Day, All Souls Day and Halloween

October 31, 2011 by Anna Merulla / Tags: all saints day , all souls day , celebrations , culture , death , festa dei morti , halloween , holiday , Italy , Liguria , November , ognissanti , traditions / 0 Comments

Tweet Technically speaking, in Italy we do not have a Halloween per se, but the tradition is slowly gaining more popularity. The Holiday that is similar to Halloween (with costumes, candy, etc..) is “Carnevale”. This holiday comes 40 days before Easter to celebrate Lent.

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Concerns and Hopes of a Family of Fishermen – Liguria

October 20, 2011 by Anna Merulla / Tags: culture , family , fisherman , fishermen , fishing boats , fishing industry , Genoa , Genova , Italy , Liguria , pescaturismo , tradition / 0 Comments

Tweet In past, when I thought about a fisherman’s life, what immediately went to my mind was a hard life, sometimes dangerous and demanding. That was it. Since an evening of last summer, I had the opportunity to meet a family of genoese fishermen. From that moment, I realized there was something more than only

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Torta dei Fieschi – Celebrating a Wedding held in 1230!

August 23, 2011 by Anna Merulla / Tags: anima gemella , August , Feast , festival , Fieschi , Fieschi cake , Italian Riviera , Lavagna , Liguria , Sacripantina , soul mate , Torta dei fieschi , traditions , wedding / 1 Comment

Tweet On 14th August, the village of Lavagna on the Italian Riviera comes to life with dance and music commemorating the event of the “Torta dei Fieschi” (the Fieschi’s cake), where according to the legend, on Count Opizzo Fieschi and Bianca de Bianchi’s wedding day in 1230, he invited his guests—and everyone else in town—to

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