It’s the plough that ploughs the furrow, but it’s the SUV (front-wheel drive)*** that gets stuck in the mud

Country roads, when it rains, can become muddy, impassable traps, especially for those who, driving an SUV*** – strictly front-wheel drive – trust that they can overcome (almost) any obstacle because their car looks like an off-roader. It looks like an off-roader. Between September and October 2023, at least 13 cars were stuck at theContinuaContinua a leggere “It’s the plough that ploughs the furrow, but it’s the SUV (front-wheel drive)*** that gets stuck in the mud”

Our five senses are not enough

First there is sight It is through the eyes that you can fill your soul with beauty with the succession of panoramas majestic in their splendour. Cypress trees and villages, farms that seem painted on hilltops, and dust-white roads that separate field from fields and mark the way to the next wonder. There is hearing,ContinuaContinua a leggere “Our five senses are not enough”

Welcome to Val d’Orcia

I don’t quite know how to answer to those who ask me what is so special about the Val d’Orcia. To say that it is enchanting would be reductive, and it is not easy for me to explain why. I have lived in different parts of the world, and visited many others, but the feelingContinuaContinua a leggere “Welcome to Val d’Orcia”

Sentieri e pensieri

Mi piace molto fare lunghe passeggiate nella natura. Ogni giorno, di mattina o di pomeriggio – dipende da quando gli impegni me lo permettono – indosso maglia e pantaloni da battaglia, un paio di scarpe da trail comode e con la suola robusta e mi incammino verso le colline, accompagnato dallo sguardo e dal pensieroContinuaContinua a leggere “Sentieri e pensieri”