I dare say that I am a real weather girl. But maybe that’s kind of inherent to being born and raised in the Netherlands, as if it’s part of the collective Dutch identity. Before booking a holiday, the first thing you do is to check what’s the weather like at the destination of your choice. …
Weekly blogpost #128: Spring in Italy, the season of the fashionistas Read More »
“Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi” is the most famous Italian saying for Easter, and a phrase that’s addressed in probably every single blog on ‘How do Italians celebrate Easter?’ It simply means that you celebrate Christmas with your parents (“i tuoi”, which literally means “yours”), and Easter with whoever you want (“con chi …
Buona Pasquetta! In other words, Happy Easter Monday! In Italy, they don’t speak of a second Easter day as it is known in the Netherlands, but they call this day Pasquetta. A very lovely name, I think. Pasqua is the Italian word for Easter, which refers to Easter Sunday. Pasquetta is the diminutive, literally translating to little Easter. …