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Festa di Primavera in Castiglione
At 11 am we arrive in Castiglione for their Festa di Primavera (Spring Festival). This picturesque walled town in the Garfagnana featured handmade crafts and food vendors. We strolled through the town...
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More than One way to Dye in Italy
This afternoon we went to the home of Lucia Nesi in Colle di Compito. Lucia is a member of the Antiche Tessiture Lucchesi (Antique Textiles of Lucca). After a quick introduction, we started to collect...
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Exploring Barga
In the wall above the entry to Barga About 6 pm we drove to Barga. As we entered the area I could see ‘New Barga” on the outskirts with newer buildings and ‘Old Barga’ the picturesque medieval hilltop...
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Baking Potato Bread & Farro
After breakfast, we drove from Venturo to Petrognola a beautiful little village in the Garfagnana to meet with Paolo Magazzini, the village baker. He showed us how to make the bread dough using a...
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Spinning Fibre Demo & Water Mill
Demonstrating making wool fibre. After the Breadmaking, some of the local ladies from Petrognola (I believe church ladies) did a demonstration of spinning with a distaff and drop spindle. Spinning is...
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Tour of Villa Torrigiani
Villa Torrigiani At the end of the day we went to Villa Torrigiani in Camigliano. Villa Torrigiani is a 16th century villa hiding behind an extravagant baroque facade slapped on in the 17th century. We...
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Silk thread from Cocoons
After breakfast, we drove to Lucca. The tour participants had some time to walk around Lucca, have some lunch, and have a private tour of the Maria Niemack Laboratory, National Museum Mansi. I opted to...
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The Best Pecorino Cheese I have ever had!
Cavani family home. view from Cerasa Farm Another view from the farm happy sheep Up another mountain today about 1000 meters up to Cerasa Farm. The Cavani family is part of a project to save the native...
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Weaver Romeo in Convalle
After our visit with Carlo, we were off to Convalle to see Romeo Ricciardi. Romeo is now a weaver. He worked in a shoe factory, and after he retired, he decided to indulge his desire to weave. He...
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The last Blacksmith
Front of Carlo’s blacksmithing shop We drive to Piegaio to pay a visit to Carlo Galgani. The Galgani family has been blacksmiths for 500 years. Carlo is the last blacksmith in the family and holds on...
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