You Say Potato

I say "yum." A baked potato in parmigiano fonduta with truffle. At our restaurant for dinner tonight in Le Marche. Absolutely incredible, most edible and definitely unforgettable.

See Food

As we leave behind northern Italy for the center, the vast, melancholy plains of the Veneto for the fecund ones of Emilia Romagna, we continue south along the coast, reaching into Le Marche, our destination for the next couple of days.

Ravenna Party

As we left Venice yesterday, a fierce wind had picked up, bringing cold temperatures and gray skies. But as we drove south from the Veneto into Emilia Romagna, the cold turned frigid and the stinging rain turned to snow. After two weeks on the road, our streak of good fortune in dodging the bad weather had run out and we were driving into the belly of the beast.

Coffee in Venice

Before leaving Venice today for our drive to Ravenna, we indulged ourselves with a special treat. We made a  pilgrimage of sorts to the Caffe del Doge, the flagship coffee house of our favorite brand of coffee in its Venetian home, just off the Grand Canal near the Rialto bridge.

Fritelle

At lunch today our waiter forced us to finish with fritelle, the fried beignet filled with cream that is a typical Venetian Carnevale treat. "Coming to Carnevale in Venice without eating the fritelle is like a going to Rome and a notta seeing the Pope." Here's to you Benedict.

Images of Carnevale

In costume at Harry's Bar

Words cannot accurately describe Carnevale, and so at the going rate of one thousand words per (even after giving effect to the weakness in the Dollar) I should be able to meet my daily quota quite nicely.

Masquerade

Coming to Carnevale in Venice is definitely a bucket list item. And if it never made it onto your bucket list, it should.