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Lido di Stresa (Carciano) e Mottarone
L'italiano segue ogni sezione It is a short 15 minute walk on the Stresa promenade to Lido di Carciano, which is a beachfront where you...
Maria Scuor
Jul 26, 20225 min read


Statues of Stresa - Statue di Stresa
When you walk the promenade in Stresa you see many statues. Some have plaques that tell us the reason why the statue was created but...
Maria Scuor
Jul 20, 202214 min read


When The Heat Doesn’t go Away Quando il Caldo No Va Via…
Scorri verso il basso per L’Italiano Never thought that living in Northern Italy I’d be living in a heatwave. The past two weeks it’s...
Maria Scuor
Jul 18, 20224 min read


My Next Journey Starts NOW....
Scorri verso il basso per l'italiano Many of you know “HOPE” is a word I hold very dear to my heart. I (as well as my two daughters)...
Maria Scuor
Jul 15, 20223 min read


Happy Father's Day
This weekend we celebrate all the fathers, fathers-in-law, stepfathers, adoptive fathers, foster fathers, Godfathers, grandfathers, great...
Maria Scuor
Jun 17, 20223 min read


You Are My Sunrise
I didn't sleep last night because I was thinking of you daddy, and how you impacted my life. Since I was a little girl we held a bond...
Maria Scuor
Jun 17, 20222 min read


June - Inspire our Men to Live Healthier
Since 1992 when the Men's Health Network has been celebrating Men's Health Month. The need to bring awareness to all health issues men...
Maria Scuor
Jun 14, 20222 min read


Taking Trains in Italy - Milano
Instead of driving to Milano we decided to take the train from Stresa to Milano. It was the fast train with no stops in-between and we...
Maria Scuor
Jun 11, 20221 min read


Berry Pan Cake
Makes 1 cake This is so simple to make that you will think no way it’s that simple. Only 6 Ingredients! The canned pie fillings make this...
Maria Scuor
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Is it a Bird, is it a Mouse?
When you walk the streets in Stresa and most in Northern Italy, you tend to get a bit of a scare because these little critters come at...
Maria Scuor
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Domenica in Chiesa - Sunday Mass
Being Catholic I was baptized, had my communion, got confirmed and celebrated the sacrament of marriage in a Catholic church. When I was...
Maria Scuor
Jun 5, 20224 min read


Today's Mindful Moment - Perspective
Today's mindful moment comes from a wet bench I'm sitting on watching the lake in Stresa. For the first time we had an inside day...
Maria Scuor
Jun 3, 20222 min read


Udine - Friuli
L'italiano è appena sotto l'inglese in blu - Scusa si ci sono errori (Italian translations just under English in blue) Gianni was born in...
Maria Scuor
Jun 3, 20224 min read


Italia - Festa della Repubblica
June 2nd in Italy is the "Festa della Repubblica" (Italy's National Day) and today in Stresa it was impossible to find parking because...
Maria Scuor
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Hörifäscht - Höri, Switzerland Party
We spent an afternoon in Höri a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. This small town of about...
Maria Scuor
May 30, 20221 min read


Switzerland Outing
We spent a weekend visiting Gianni's sister Nadja and family in Bülach a small town in the municipality of Zürich, Switzerland. Well six...
Maria Scuor
May 30, 20223 min read


Slowing down - the Italian way
Having been in Stresa, Italy the past four weeks we have been literally forced to slow down because life is so much different than Canada....
Maria Scuor
May 27, 20222 min read


Reflections of Times Gone by - Prossenicco
Per L'Italiano scorri verso il basso fino vedi l'italiano My parents and family are from small town Castelsilano in Calabria and when I...
Maria Scuor
May 24, 20228 min read


Slow it Down and Enjoy Every Mouthful
Living in Italy has made us slow down in every way as life here is about enjoying every moment. Workers actually walk away from work and...
Maria Scuor
May 16, 20223 min read


Feed Our Brains by Challenging Them
Feeding our brains is just as important as feeding our bodies. Of course the food we eat has a lot to do with the way our brain...
Maria Scuor
May 11, 20223 min read
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