WineTown is back in Florence this weekend and thanks to Studentsville I won two tickets to last night’s inaugural event and two WineCards for all weekend festivities. A photo of me enjoying wine, chocolate truffles and a cigar in Lucca was the winning image of the “I Love WineTown” contest they had on Facebook.
I guess it pays to be a glutton.
The best panini in Florence
Eating brains for the first & last time?!
As adventurous as I think I am in the culinary department I never thought I would be sitting at a cute Italian restaurant eating brains. Luckily, they were fried beyond recognition.
Blog of the month, humor pays off
Bike Lucca: what to see, drink & eat
If there is one thing that I recommend is to not walk, but bike Lucca and explore. It’s such a fun way to see, eat and drink everything.
A memorable lunch in Lucca

This is how lunch in Lucca ended… a bunch of social media obsessed bloggers with fine Italian cigars in our mouths.
Notte Bianca Florence 2013 photo essay
This week’s Notte Bianca Florence was another impressive evening filled with numerous events and unique things to see late into the night.
Below are the most interesting Instagram pictures. Click on the image in order to be directed to the Instagramer who took the shot so you can see their complete album and/or follow them. Please leave your Instagram account below in comments so that I can follow you too! I’m tianapix
Check out the complete Notte Bianca program if you are interested in learning more about the night: what it’s all about, the theme and the complete line-up and involved partners.
Notte Bianca Florence
Florence supermarket — how to grocery shop online
With work being so crazy we started to grocery shop online from our neighboring Florence supermarket, Esselunga, meaning ‘long s’. We typically order large, heavy items like cleaning supplies, wine, bananas, milk… We still go out for fresh meat, but not daily like we used to!





