Blog – Life on our Italian lavenderfarm

Yes and No.
There is never a simple answer in Italy ?

We expected
our first guests on saturday, it was for just one night

Every year,
during the 2nd and 3rd  weekend of June people come from everywhere to
our little village of Merana to taste the famous homemade

As I have
an overactive dog and boyfriend we do a lot of walking in our hills. Over the
years we discovered several paths starting

Some cities
really have enormous touristic potential … but then there are those who just
don’t have it, or do they?

Like Cairo
Montenotte… It

The day started idyllic: a nice long walk with the dog while taking pictures of all the wild flowers on our valley, then a bit

Mombaldone (South Piemonte) is one of those villages you can visit over and over again even if it is very small.

Every stone, every secret

Usually we
are the ones who tell the locals about interesting places to see in our area.
But when one of the villagers spoke enthusiastically

You will
not easily find the Bormida vally, on the border of Piemonte and Liguria, in a
tourist travel guide. Historically speaking this has always

This
morning Nicolas forced me to have breakfast with him in the village. Normally
he goes to the bar / shop and we enjoy a

After 12
years in Piemonte, you would think that we already know most of the wineries in
the region. Nothing could be further from the