Blogs from Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe
July 17th 2011
BON JOVI We went we saw and I'm still in love. We drove the 4 and half hours but for those who know me I would of walked 4 and half days to see him. David and I decided to drive to the stadium and park we went at 5 because gates opened at 5 and we would get a good park and get tea and everything would be great. We got off the autostrada and there were cars parking on the grass everyone was there. There were camper Vans and people were having BBQ's it looked like they had been there all day. David got a park down a back alley only 100mt from the Stadium when we were leaving a big storm came in and as we were driving people were parked up to ... read more
Yours Friuli: The Bepi Tossolini Distillery
Published: October 20th 2010Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia » Udine
October 19th 2010
I was recently lucky enough to win a flying two-day trip to the Bepi Tossolini Distillery in Friuli in the extreme North-East of Italy, off the back of a work competition to see who could sell the most limoncello. The distillery itself sits on the Eastern corner of the Po Valley with a vast shelf of mountains in the near distance. We were 50 km from Austria in the north and far closer to Slovenia to the east. The houses had a slightly Germanic look to them - and I think even the locals themselves would admit to having weird accents. Bepi Tossolini's central significance in the pantheon of fine tipples is the distillation and production of Grappa. The Ancient Greeks called Italy "Vinotria" (meaning "land of wine") so it is appropriate that even the country’s ... read more
A trip to the big City (Udine)
Published: June 1st 2009Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia » Udine
April 28th 2009
We have all worn out some of the clothes that we packed eight months ago, so Uncle Giovanin's family has kindly agreed to take us shopping today at a mall near the city of Udine. The mall was quite a decent size, and we were able to buy an ethernet card to fix Paolo's computer before taking a tour of the many clothing stores. Prices in Italy seem to be somewhat higher than at home, though we eventually found a sporting good store where Joshua, Benjamin and I managed to buy pants and we found running shoes for Joshua. After a trip to the bigger supermarket here (where we were able to buy Soya sauce, something none of the stores in Flaibano sell) we headed back to the farm for lunch before spending the afternoon on ... read more
Visiting the South African Cousins and a trip to Cividale
Published: June 1st 2009Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia » Udine
April 26th 2009
Today marks the eight month point in our journey. Evy's cousin Laura picked us up at the farm this morning and drove us to Luciano and Teresa's house for a BBQ. Their house is recently built and next to a large field that was bright yellow with the crop of canola planted there. Here we also were joined by Evy's cousin Fausto and Barbara as well as their baby girl, Alice who is just getting over the chickenpox. Evy's poor cousin Robbie, who also managed to get the chickenpox, was quarantined to the kitchen as we are not sure if Joshua has been innoculated against them or not. While Luciano barbecued, Joshua, Benjamin, their cousin Simone, and the dog, Brick, played in the large yard. We had a great dinner, the first barbaque that we have ... read more
April 19th 2009
Udine, pronouced oo-din-A haha we got laughed at everywhere we went trying to pronouce this! Emily's friend from University is going to school in this town, which is in North eastern Italy. We had a great time meeting all his friends and eating his amazing cooking!... read more
October 21st 2006
En route to Grado, Italy from Milstatt, Austria, we stopped for lunch in Udine, Italy. Driving from the autostrada to the center of town was a bit of a trick. In Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, the center of town is denoted on road signs as "Zentrum." When we got into Italy, this disappeared and I (correctly) deduced that a simple target symbol meant the same thing. We diligently followed the target signs which took us past a shopping complex, a sports stadium and into what we can only describe as looking like the parking lot of a Nordstrom's back home! None of the cities in Europe have freeways into the center of town - they may have an exit for "south of town" and "north of town" but never an exit that plops you right downtown ... read more
February 25th 2006
Era da troppo che non facevo un viaggio in famiglia. Noi in realtà non viaggiamo spesso, anche se a tutti i componenti piacerebbe farlo di più. Così per queste vacanze siamo andati a Udine, che uno non se lo aspetta, visto che non è esattamente una meta turistica, ma è un posto davvero gradevole, tutto sommato colorato, tranquillo e vivibile. con dei centri commerciali notevolissimi. :)... read more
