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  • No Words Needed

    Families come in all shapes and sizes: Flower designer Michele Zaurino and his husband Enrico have created a family dream of their own in the surrounding hills of Martina Franca, on a large estate with…

  • Peaceful memories

    Stylist and designer Francesca and little Pino are not like any other master and his dog. A volunteer worker had found the poor deaf and blind mixed breed on the streets. And Francesca, with more…

  • Mail from Italy

    … is how his blog is called (in German: www.postausitalien.com), talking about life and love(s) of German writer, wine connaisseur and passionate golf player Stefan Maiwald living in Grado, Italy. Stefan’s first loves are his…

  • Big Boy Bowie

    There once was a British artist’s couple who was madly in love with Puglia. So madly, that they bought an old castle, renovated it and made a sophisticated hideaway hotel out of it, Castle Elvira…

  • Family Matters

    What do you do if your friend surprises you with a Golden Retriever puppy? You better don’t think twice and keep it. Especially if you’ve got an only child and can use some company in…

  • Sharing the Love

    Claudia and her snowwhite mixed-breed Mimma share a lot of passions. Hiking is one of them. Yoga another. And while Claudia feels her dog all over her body while going from Downward Facing Dog into…

  • Baldo bros.

    Everyone in Lecce knew Baldo, the big and gentle Bracco Italiano, that belonged to the famous icecream shop in the old town of Lecce. When he passed away, the “Baldo family” missed not only him…

  • Wise Dog’s Tale

    Meeting Kabù in a kennel just out of Lecce, Italy, was love at first sight. Yet no one expected that the cute little mixed breed would grow into his family in a way that life…