Dear friends, I hope you’ve had a wonderful Easter. I am sorry if I haven’t written anything for a while, but I have been enjoying the holidays and the first rays of sunshine that have finally hit this rainy and cloudy island. Today I went with my parents to Harrogate, a lovely town in … Continue reading Afternoon tea at Betty’s
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” Ludwig Wittgenstein Have you ever come across a word in your language that doesn’t seem to have a direct translation in the others? Thanks to the Internet, it’s possible to find hundreds of them and it’s very interesting and entertaining to browse through them. … Continue reading The untranslatable words you need to know to live a better life
In this assignment for a Dutch Food PR agency, I try to analyse in which ways social media are changing the way we eat and the whole eating experience, with enormous implications for the hospitality industry. https://app.luminpdf.com/sign-in
Dear international friends, this blog post is in Italian as some of my friends asked me why i was writing my blog in English and I wanted to give them an answer. Keep on following me though; my next posts will mainly be in English
Disclaimer: this could be a quite philosophical article, so, if you’re not in the mood for some abstract thoughts, skip it. But if you’re looking for a way to address anxiety and stress, keep on reading. I’ll share with you two totally free and simple strategies I use myself whenever I feel bad for some … Continue reading Walking and writing: the perfect recipe to calm the soul
They say that “home” is a feeling and that home is wherever your heart is. And they couldn’t be more right. Personally, I think that this is one of the best feelings in the world, as it results from a mix of positive emotions such as happiness, comfort, love, acceptance, welcoming, simplicity and many more.
After having lived abroad for 3 years, always sharing a house with different people from different cultures, I started noticing some different patterns in behaviour. And that’s quite obvious, you’ll tell me. But there’s something that often go unnoticed: I am talking about the cultural rules regulating conversations.
Few weeks ago, I came across this video from Ted Talks that finally gave a name to this feeling I very often have. So I discovered that I am part of the team: master procrastinators.
As soon as I moved to Groningen, the Netherlands for my master’s, I started wondering about the soul of the Dutch cuisine. After weeks of asking people (and the Internet), I started getting discouraged: apparently the Dutch cuisine didn’t exist. Or if it did, it was nothing worth mentioning.
Dear friends, As anticipated in my previous article, I would like to share with you my first cultural shock. I'll try to focus on how i felt and what kind of thoughts popped up in my head
My sweet spot 