Giorgio Italian Buddy

The hot season is here and I wanted to grab the opportunity of talking again about the famous Spritz. First of all, its origins. As you may already know, the origins of Spritz aren’t completely clear, the most probable “legend” says …

Going to Venice? Here a classic shortlist of the top 5 things to do. 1. Going to Burano Burano is one of the many islands around Venice, and together with Murano (which is not the same place) also one of …

Venice is not only a third class theater for tourists, it’s a real city with real inhabitants and a thousand year strong culture. Going to Venice and viewing only the touristic surface is pretty much the same thing than going …

Have you ever dreamed about buying a house in Venice, maybe on the Canal Grande? Well there is 500 years old palace right there, that is often on sale at a relatively moderate price, but always struggles to find a …

The beauty of Venice, its uniqueness and its peculiar tradition are often depicted in famous quotes or ancient proverbs (Italian and not).   We’re using famous quotes about Venice as part of the introduction to each of the chatpers we’re …

It’s quite difficult to read an Italian restaurant menu, there are lots of sections, few pictures (at least in the good restaurants) and a lot of mistakes you may make. Of course, you can eat whatever you want, but Italians …

Italian food in general has thousands of amazing cheeses, made with as many different techniques matured during decades or centuries of local tradition. I can’t hide I’m a huge fan of all the Italian cheeses, but since you’ll maybe visit …

Italy is not about its 4-5 most popular cities, but about the hundreds of little towns on hills, sea, and mountains. There are almost no distances between one town and another and 99% of them are exceptionally good and definitely …

 Venice, in fact, takes 2-3 days to visit, and it would be a pity to miss on the opportunity of seeing nearby gems.   All the cities we’re going to mention are very well connected by train or road to …

Everybody knows that in Venice there are no cars, and in order to move you need to go by food or take the “Vaporetto” which is like a bus, on water.   Kids go to school by foot (yes, even …