Valentine’s Day at Castello Dal Pozzo

San Valentino al Castello Dal Pozzo

A lovely evening at the Castello Dal Pozzo for couples out to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Young couples celebrating the start of what could become a lifetime’s devotion as well as well established couples determined to refresh the original feeling of “being in love”.

Valentine’s Day gestures of love around

A picture is worth a thousand words?

Leaf cutter ants carry heart shaped petals

The Year of the Water Dragon

 

Welcome to 2012, the Year of the Dragon. The Dragon, or long (龙), is the fifth of the 12 animal signs in the Chinese zodiac and the only one that is fictional. The long is considered a spiritual totem of the Chinese people and symbolizes admirable traits including strength, success, benevolence and longevity.

Italian Legendary Tour stops at Castello Dal Pozzo

The Tour arrives at the Castello Dal Pozzo

The Italian Legendary Tour, in its 3rd edition this year, organised by AGV and Dainese, leaders in the field of hi-tech equipment for 2 wheel afficionados,  allowed 80 enthusiasts from 15 countries the possibility of discovering northern Italy from the Alps to the Lakes, from Vicenza to Turin. Starting out from La Vallarsa in the Trentino mountains, the road wound down round Lake Garda to Nago and then on down to Riva del Garda for the night. Then on to Como and a trip over  the lake courtesy of the aereoclubcomo.com and across to Lake Maggiore where the second night was spent at Castello Dal Pozzo, historic House overlooking the Lake, complete with a dinner on the Isola Pescatori overlooking the magnificent Palazzo Borromeo. The third day the bikes set off for Turin via Biella, visiting a brewery and a cheese factory (Caseificio Botalla,  (Birreria Menabrea) before arriving in the centre of Turin.

Exhibition of Gigi Comolli at Castello Dal Pozzo

Oleggio Castello ha ricordato il pittore Comolli

Mostra nel Palazzo del Castello Dal Pozzo

Facebook moving towards world domination?

Facebook is aiming to take over our lives with media app integration

By Rachel King | September 23, 2011

Summary: Facebook is taking over our lives, one status message from one app at a time.If you thought Facebook was everywhere before, brace yourself. We’re just scratching the surface of where the social networking is going: world domination.

London on a plate – IPad App

“One of the best London restaurant iPhone guides out this summer”

                 

A holistic notebook that seeks to embrace the full atmospheric experience of food, from what’s on your table to the surroundings you are in and the memories made.

The Passengers’ Airplane Behavior Bill of Rights

Andy Murdock
Lonely Planet author

In a recent survey of behavior on airplanes, Lonely Planet asked readers a series of questions with the intent of establishing some basic guidelines for the traveling community to promote peace on airplanes. Flying can be stressful and tiring enough – we should at least know how to get along with one another. But how can we know what others expect without asking?

With over 5800 responses, they have created a list of gripes as it becomes very apparent that travelers generally agree on what is or is not acceptable in-flight behavior.

We’ve all said it…

I read this today – doing nothing very much except surfing the net – because its pouring with rain, and although my youngest is now 25 I do remember very clearly all these sentiments. Thank you for expressing them so beautifully.. and yes next time I will try and not grind my teeth when young children are allowed to run around a restaurant whilst I am trying to enjoy a candlelit dinner…!!

We’ve all said it…

“My child will never act like that”

Travel Tips when Driving to your Destination

A useful list to check over before you set off to DRIVE to your Holiday Destination, courtesy once again of www.52perfectdays.com