Bad news in New Orleaans

Sometimes you hear some bad news, and you think that it will never happen to you. But some other times, it happens to a friend, or to somebody who you shared some happy days with. It's the case of Claude and his family, from Louisiana - New Orleans, actually. They came last summer (well, couple of months ago), and we had a beautiful day in Ancona's area. We went to Corinaldo, had lunch at my place, went around Le Marche, and then back to their ship, since they were on cruise. It's been wonderful to spend such an intense day with them, and what could simply be a cold and professional relationship (I'm the tour leader, they are the customers), turned into something closer. Not a friendship, I couldn't say so, but more than a simple knowledge of each other. The doors of my house were open to them, and they opened their doors to me.
Now I really hope that their doors will open again, to anybody, as soon as possible, and that they will come back to their house very very soon.

At Harrod's

For those of you who are nearby London, and thinking to pass by Harrod's, well, go there and enjoy Le Marche for the whole month of August. It's the first time a region is shown in a Mall (and such a Mall!).

Afterwards, when you'll have got an idea of what you may see and try here, contact me and book a tour...

Snow, dear snow...

This picture doesn't really has much in common with the season, although at the moment the weather is not so hot as we would expect. And this picture shows something somewhat rare in Ancona: the snow. Even if Le Marche are full of hills and mountains, where it snows a lot in the winter (sometimes more, sometimes less), Ancona - the capital town - is rarely covered by the snow. This because of the sea and the humidity, which prevent the city to be covered. However, just one mile in the countryside, and everything is white. It is one of the differences which draw a gap between the coast and the countryside of Le Marche.