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casacolleverde: January 2014
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Saturday, January 18, 2014. Unexpected Pleasures - Guest Comments. We hear a lot these days about the importance of Guest reviews via the various internet booking portals. All the major booking portals have them .Booking.com , Venere/Expedia and Trip Advisor.giving those who booked with them the chance for a comment on their return and those who are thinking of booking a means of evaluating their potential hosts. Recently we received a couple of emails from Venere.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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casacolleverde: June 2012
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Friends are welcome if they can find us. It is always nice having friends to stay and we have some good ones. A lot of my english friends want to escape the madness of London and the Olympics - they are very welcome. We welcome everyone as good friends at Casa Colleverde. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Twitter Updates 2.2: FeedWitter. Favourite places,faces and bloggers. What to do and see in the Lunigiana. Val di Magra what to see and do.
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casacolleverde: May 2013
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Sunday, May 26, 2013. Che Bellezza la Natura - Walking the Cinque Terre. Today we took advantage of the forecast good weather to do another walk in the Cinque Terre. This time we chose the path from Manarola to Corniglia via Volastra.Sam our Norfolk terrier couldnt wait to be off. Manarola from the path. Sam who had stormed off in front soon began to slow down as well. I would also do the route we did Manarola toCorniglia rather than the other way round as the climb up is longer from Corniglia. The Five ...
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casacolleverde: October 2012
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Thursday, October 11, 2012. Eating on the Magra. For a while we had been wanting to try a new retaurant Moor on the banks of the river Magra. We decided to go one weekend with some guests who were staying with us.( Booking is advisable at weekends). Unlike a lot of Italian retaurants the restaurant is modern and 'designed' with a distinctly nautical feel. We had a grat time and would recommend it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Twitter Updates 2.2: FeedWitter. All aspects of Italy.
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casacolleverde: January 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015. Walking Portovenere promotory - Anello del Monte Castellana. For those of you like me who like a good circular walk with stunning coastal views and the added bonus a retaurant/bar half way at Campiglia then this is a walk for you. When we did it with our dog Sam it took us about three and a half hours with stops for photos and a couple of rests for water or snacks. About 100m you arrive at the viewing point. The coastal path has some stunning views of the Portovenere promotory.
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casacolleverde: June 2013
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Thursday, June 6, 2013. Portofino to San Fruttuoso by boat and back by foot. One of the things about Italy which continues to amaze me is the extraordinary beauty that exists in the pensiular and much of it close by to us at Casa Colleverde. Today with a day free and good weather forecast we decided to visit Portofino and the Abbazia San Fruttuoso in the Portofino Natural Park which can only be got to by foot or boat.We wanted to arrive by boat and walk back to Portofino. Path above San Fruttuoso. Favour...
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casacolleverde: July 2012
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Saturday, July 7, 2012. Lazy Days (2) The Olive Grove. Apart from welcoming friends and anyone else fleeing from a wet and grey summer in the UK we have been keeing busy trying to bring some order to the Olive grove. With an Olive grove of 180 odd trees there is always something to do especially in May when everything is growing before your eyes at a rate of knots and far too fast to keep on top of. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Twitter Updates 2.2: FeedWitter. All aspects of Italy.
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casacolleverde: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Anyway for some reason I had been putting off learning to make fresh pasta for a while now. Pasta sauces, no problem, ragu, pesto, carbonara . I mentioned it to some friends and they suggested they come round with all the ingredients and with their pasta machine (manual) for lunch for a pasta making party! What better way to learn. I made a ragu sauce before hand and a desert. Other friends brought wine, a torta di verdura and fresh tomato sauce. Home made ravioli for Xmas!
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casacolleverde: Walking on the wild side.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014. Walking on the wild side. If you like walking like we do you will find plenty of walks right out the front door in the woods. This morning taking advantage of the continuing sunny weather we decided to go for a circular walk (9.5km) through woods and Olive groves,to Casano di Ortonovo and back. We started along the track at the back of the house where you could get distracted and start picking asparagus but determinedly we headed on and up into the hills. View my complete profile.
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casacolleverde: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The 'Biga' the better. Well not one for sitting around by the pool all day I have been practiing my bread baking skills for when we are entertaining guests. Stone ground flour, wheat germ, natural yeast and a Biga. The Biga the better! The better your bread is, that is. It gives Forza to your bread so no knead for Berlusconi. The Biga is starter dough which is left to rise naturally and develope slowly to give it a good strong flavour and a bit of bounce. I am now hooked. View my ...