Italian Lessons
Asked about their favourite dream, Michaela and Joerg from Berlin know exactly how to respond: move to the South of Italy and go swimming every day of the year! Maybe not so much for themselves…
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The Artist in the Family
The best things in life are not things, they say. And it’s particularly true for what happened to Aleksandro De Michele, 31, from Monopoli, on holiday in Salento a couple of years ago. Not that…
Logan Latin Lover
We used to run into Logan, 3, every second morning after dropping off Sidney’s human sister at school. He seemed to be waiting for us, better: for Sidney, behind some tree at Lecce’s Piazza Mazzini….
Sweet Bites
They are living a life on the road, Sabine (“Mina”) Vatter and her little brown Poodle Bichon mix Toto, 1 ½ years. At least for now, going back and forth between Germany, where her company…
Buddy the Sushi lover
Every second night, in front of 300 Mila’s kitchen in Lecce, sits a dog named Buddy. Without a leash, because he won’t move until the first Sushi dishes come out around 8pm. And he knows…
Handbags are his Favourite Treat
Ulisse is a big name for a tiny little sausage dog. But he is a dachshund with an attitude, that’s for sure! Kika and Ludovico, sister and brother from Lecce, share daily duties as well…
You’ll be in my Heart
There’s people who love dogs. And there’s others who love cats, rabbits, turtles, you name it. And then, there’s very few, who love all kinds of animals – in a wider, somewhat spiritual sense, but…
“Where is Totò?”
Whoever knows the village of Speziale in Puglia, knows Dina Crovace, 50, and her little gourmet market on the main road that leads from Fasano to Ostuni. Her homemade cheese and dairy products are an…
Love is not Enough
Vincenzo Cicirelli, 38, always wanted to be a vet, “like everyone would like to be a vet as a child”. Why everything turned out a bit different from what he expected, why vets often have…
Out of Africa
Meet black labrador Mtoto, Swahili for “baby”, who was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013 and now shares his Lecce home with a handful of peacocks, half a dozen rabbits and a couple of turtles….
