by Penny | 21 Sep, 2012 | Architecture, Music, News, Renaissance Art, Wine tasting
Sunday 16 September – LondonTricycle Theatre – Kilburn High Road – Classical Music Series with artisic director Tamsin Waley-Cohen and the Honeymead Ensemble Tamsin, who is Artisic Director of the Bargello Chamber Music festival in Florence had...
by Penny | 5 Sep, 2012 | Cooking, Music, News
I have been contacted by a friend of a friend of mine who asked me to promote her forthcoming “Singing and Cooking” trip to Florence and Siena – and as I am busy checking and printing recipes for our forthcoming cookery classes in London this...
by Penny | 7 Jul, 2012 | Music, News, Opera
7.7.12 For no known reason I woke this morning humming a tune from Madame Butterfly and hastened to find a CD to play whilst I did my ironing – whilst listening I was wondering why I had never seen Puccini’s famous opera at the opera company based in St...
by Penny | 17 Jun, 2012 | Music, News, Opera, Photography, Renaissance Art, Social History, theatre
17.6.12 The Feast Day of St John the Baptist St John the Baptist has been the patron saint of Florence since medieval times and for his feast day there is always a full day of celebrations to awe the spectator – be they tourist or local. Starting with a Parade...
by Penny | 13 Jun, 2012 | Books, Music, News, Social History, Tuscan gardens
11.6.12 Todo in Tuscany a must for lovers of Italy, lovers of Tuscany and especially lovers of dogs! In April 2010, during the famous “Ash Cloud” excuse for putting every plane in Europe on standstill and filling every train to the brim with desperate...
by Penny | 21 May, 2012 | Music, News, Opera, Renaissance Art, theatre
22.5.12 According to Google it takes 2 hrs 47 mins to get between Florence and Vincenza – but I wouldn’t calculate on that timetable when it is raining – even on a Sunday when there is limited traffic on the road! Vincenza is known as the home of...
