Gianna Nannini is an italian singer, born in Siena in 1956. She is the daughter of a famous family in Siena: the Nannini. The grandfather did the first pastry in Siena, the father made a fortune with siennese cakes, the brother was a famous Formula1 driver and now is handling the pastries, while she moved [...]

If you come to Tuscany, I strongly suggest to imitate the Siena inhabitants and go by Nannini for a sweet break with a Coffee and some Siena sweets: Ricciarelli, Panforte, Cantucci and Cavallucci. Ricciarelli are soft mandel biscuits Cantucci are hard biscuits with entire mandels Cavallucci are semi-hard biscuits with nuts and spices Panforte is [...]

Of course, I don’t know all the squares of the world … so I cannot tell, that Piazza del Campo is the most beautiful square of the world. Moreover, I am from Turin and I can say without trouble, that also in Turin there are beautiful, splendid squares: Piazza Castello, Piazza San Carlo etc.. For [...]