Month: September 2017

Posted on

Octopus salad with potatoes, the recipe

insalata di polpo bollito

Boiled octopus salad with Ligurian potatoes, the recipe.
It's a simple boiled octopus salad.
This morning I found a couple of local octopuses and prepared them for my son Luca.
I boiled plenty of water to which I added salt and vinegar. Then I curled up the octopuses by holding them by the head and dipping them up and down in the boiling water. I left them to cook for half an hour and then left them to cool in their water.
Separately I boiled some excellent mountain potatoes from my friend Enrico Segarini and added them to the sliced ​​octopus.
I then seasoned it with some excellent local oil from my friend Paolino Muzio of San Bernardo (a town in the municipality of Sestri Levante known for the quality of its olives), lemon juice from my garden and a sprinkling of parsley.

insalata di polpo bollito

Photo taken with Samsung Galaxi.

This is the boiled octopus before being seasoned:

polpo bollito

Photo taken with Samsung Galaxi.

Octopus salad with potatoes, the recipe – Salade de poulpe aux pommes de terre, la recette – Ensalada de pulpo con patatas, la receta – Salada de polvo com batata, a receita – Oktopussalat mit Kartoffeln, das Rezept – Công thức salad bạch tuộc với khoai tây
Posted on

Gioiello in avorio bianco in una vetrina a Venezia

Gioiello in avorio a Venezia

Gioiello in avorio bianco in una vetrina a Venezia.
Passeggiando per le calli di Venezia ho incontrato un bel negozio di gioielli e in vetrina c’era questo bel gioiello in avorio. Più che un gioiello era un soprammobile.

Gioiello in avorio a Venezia

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.

Purtroppo non posso scrivere il nome del negozio ma lo metterei proprio se qualcuno me lo segnalasse.
L’avorio, come il corallo, è un materiale ottimo per realizzare gioielli o soprammobili “costosi”. Come quelli in corallo rosso che avevo visto e fotografato in Taiwan.

Jewel in white ivory in a shop window in Venice – Bijou en ivoire blanc dans une vitrine à Venise – Joya de marfil blanco en un escaparate de Venecia – Jóia em marfim branco em uma vitrine em Veneza – Schmuckstück aus weißem Elfenbein in einem Schaufenster in Venedig – Ngọc ngà trắng trong cửa sổ cửa hàng ở Venice – 威尼斯商店橱窗中的白色象牙宝石 – ヴェネツィアの店の窓にある白い象牙の宝石

Posted on

The Costa Neoclassica in the Santorini Caldera

The Costa NeoClassica in the caldera of Santorini.
In the center of the caldera the Costa NeoClassica ship.
Even if it will soon no longer be in our family, it is still a beautiful ship and also the first of the nineties.
This is the splendid view that can be enjoyed in Santorini in the summer.

Have you ever been on a Costa cruise?
Add your own comment or go to the bottom of the site to read what other visitors have written.

Costa NeoClassica

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.

To see the other images I took in Santorini you can click here.
foto gallery

I'll also leave you some videos I made (on another day though):

Videos recorded with Gopro Hero 10 Black.

Santorini (also Santorino in Italian; in Modern Greek Σαντορίνη, Santoríni, in Ancient Greek Θήρα, Thera) is the southernmost island of the Cyclades archipelago, in the Aegean Sea.
Continue and learn more on Wikipedia

The NeoClassical Costa in the caldera of Santorini – La Costa néoclassique dans la caldeira de Santorin – La Costa Neoclásica en la caldera de Santorini – A costa neoclássica na caldeira de Santorini – Die neoklassizistische Costa in der Caldera von Santorini – Bờ biển Tân cổ điển ở miệng núi lửa Santorini – 圣托里尼火山口的新古典主义海岸 – サントリーニ島のカルデラにある新古典主義の海岸
Posted on

Ibiza seen from above the castle of the old town

Ibiza seen from above. In addition to being the most famous island in Europe for its discotheque and unbridled entertainment during summer nights, it is also a town with its own sides to discover.
Such as the upper part of the city with its fortifications and the medieval church from which you can see the entire old city from above.

Do you know Ibiza?
Add your own comment or go to the bottom of the site to read what other visitors have written.

ibiza vista dall'alto

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.

Here all the other photos of the Spanish town I took the same day.
foto gallery

If you want to continue reading about Ibiza, I recommend, as always, that you take a look at Wikipedia.

Ibiza seen from above the castle of the old town – Vue d’Ibiza du haut du château de la vieille ville – Vista de Ibiza desde lo alto del castillo del casco antiguo – Vista de Ibiza a partir do topo do castelo da cidade velha – Ibiza-Blick von der Spitze der Altstadtburg – Ibiza nhìn từ trên đỉnh lâu đài phố cổ