Category: The Puglian Way
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Wild Flowers & PJ outfits
Wild flowers Happiness: is it just a day or the wave of the future? Picking wild flowers in the meadows of Italy puts a smile on my face. Walking barefoot on cold limestone tiles, smelling the fresh herbs that seem to be planted in every available pot and falling into the mindset of a…
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Southern Italy & White Dresses
Masseria Potenti, Southern Italy Can’t wait to put this dress on again, flash my bare legs to the sun and walk around in sandals all day long. These trumpet sleeves are everything, that also seems to be an aspiring spring trend. These pictures bring such great memories of our honeymoon, again we were watching the…
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Back at Furnirussi Tenuta
Furnirussi Tenuta, Southern Italy This year we revisited Furnirussi Tenuta (read more here) on our honeymoon, a lovely luxurious masseria close to Otranto. Surrounded in a fig plantation, I was looking forward to walking around the estate and eating as many figs as possible but unfortunately we missed the harvest by a week and instead…
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Otranto Dreams
Otranto, Puglia We fell in love with this little coastal town a few years ago and decided to return back on our honeymoon, as we drove across Italy. Last time we lived in the old town right at seafront, but this year we stayed in a nearby masseria and drove here for lunch. Otranto is…
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Flowy Blues
I miss wearing flowy maxi dresses and waking up in Southern Italy to those calm mornings, in dreamy rooms where the sun pushes through the window. I miss the rays having lightened my hair, brought freckles to my nose and sun-kissed my skin and dreaming of days where my next alfresco lunch will be.…
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Sea Urchin’s & Turquoise Water
Trani, Puglia A charismatic coastal town, Trani surrounds with turquoise clear waters that fulfills my seafood cravings in every single way. There is a beautiful aura to this chic little place, the mornings begin with fishermen selling their fresh catch at the shore front, while locals sip on their morning coffees reading the paper. Life…
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Blue Dresses & Italian Lunches
Masseria Potenti, Southern Italy Lunch in southern Italy is always a treat. Farm tomatoes covered with burrata and a selection of antipasti with a chilled glass of white wine makes my heart skip a beat in this breathtaking setting. The days down south can be really hot and sitting in the shade in my…
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Cappuccino and silk ♥
Southern Italy, Masseria Potenti As I look back at our honeymoon pictures, I must admit one of my favourite moments during the day was a cappuccino break, a momentary slow down after a morning of exploring new places. It gives you time to reflect on all the goodness taken in, just to listen to the…
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Masseria Potenti, a Bohemian Dream
Masseria Potenti, Salento, Apulia No fuss, with a perfect result… With already high expectations after reading features from Condé Nast Traveller, Marie Clarie, architectural Digest and Côté Sud Maisons, Masseria Potenti is visually on point, an all white bohemian dream. It calls for bare feet tiptoeing through this picture perfect manner, a carefree bohemian maxi…
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A taste of Luxury, Furnirussi Tenuta
*In collaboration Furnirussi Tenuta, Serrano A step into a fig haven, a place for the mind and body to escape into pure relaxation, while your soul experiences a full Italian makeover. An Apulian makeover for that matter, that lingers with slow chicness, divine cuisine and authentic charm. In the midst of the largest organic fig…