Wine windows, or buchette del vino, are one of Florence’s most enchanting traditions. Once used by noble families to sell wine, these tiny doors became vital during plagues and are now revived for coffee, gelato, and wine. In 2022, we enjoyed a glass through one while people watching in Florence.
We are in Tokyo getting ready to do something that was never in our radar. Some background….Somewhere tucked into the corners of my childhood is a memory involving the video game Mario Kart. I can’t say I remember actually owning the game. What I do remember is having plain old Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo……
Tucked inside the ancient walls of Diocletian’s Palace, St. Martin’s Church is a tiny 6th-century chapel hidden above Split’s Golden Gate. Just 1.54 meters wide, it holds a rare 11th-century sacral arch and centuries of quiet devotion; an overlooked spiritual gem in the heart of the city’s Roman ruins.