Summers in Italy are pretty hot. Even more so in recent years, due to climate change, summers are drier and drier and we are getting
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Bring forth the light
Winter has arrived, Christmas is approaching and, at the Sanctuary of Joy, we are busy both making the new place our own as well as
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Nature is my temple
If you have been following us, you might know we have recently bought a country home in Italy, where we are now living. This is
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Saint Nicholas protects us
Today’s photo was taken in 2012, in Bari (Apulia, Italy), on our last weekend trip within Italy before we moved to the United States. Saint
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My home is protected by Angels
We came on holiday to Italy in October, but we really were on a ‘secret mission’: we were searching for a country home to buy.
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Choose for yourself
It’s interesting to find a pomegranate tree just outside a catholic church – in the photo – in a village in Italy! Pomegranate is, in
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Forget safety; live where you fear to live
We (Jyothi and Daniele) moved homes and countries quite a few times in our lives. We followed our hearts thru various learning detours and have
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