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 into situations of drought which…
Continue ReadingWinter has arrived, Christmas is approaching and, at the Sanctuary of Joy, we are busy both making the new place our own as well as exploring and discovering (or in…
Continue ReadingIf you have been following us, you might know we have recently bought a country home in Italy, where we are now living. This is situated in a town/village called…
Continue ReadingToday’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 Nicholas (San Nicola in Italian)…
Continue ReadingWe came on holiday to Italy in October, but we really were on a ‘secret mission’: we were searching for a country home to buy. Eventually we did find the…
Continue ReadingIt’s interesting to find a pomegranate tree just outside a catholic church – in the photo – in a village in Italy! Pomegranate is, in fact, a tree associated with…
Continue ReadingWe (Jyothi and Daniele) moved homes and countries quite a few times in our lives. We followed our hearts thru various learning detours and have lived together in the Netherlands,…
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