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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Bella Belluno


Belluno is one of the cutest cities ever.
Surrounded by the Dolomite Mountains
its name derives from the Celtic language:
belo-donum, which means splendid hill.
It is small (population 35,000), elegant,
quiet, and hardly any tourists around!


























Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©


In a bakery I got some traditional breads (including pumpkin bread) and then Kiffel, a sort of savoury croissant, typical of the area. In German the kiffel are called Kipfels, I found a recipe here, I have to say that the ones I got in Belluno were superb, with linseed and sunflower seeds, if I'll have time I will try to make them one day...one day... :-)

Or maybe I'll go back to Belluno!

8 comments:

  1. Caaavolooooo!Ho un collega di belluno, ora lo tartasso, che bella città!

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  2. You go to the most beautiful, idyllic places in the world, Alessandra. Your photos are lovely! And I want a piece of that bread right now. :)

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  3. What a lovely city and what a gorgeous bread. The kiffel sounds like an extra rich croissant. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary

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  4. Yes that kiffel was particularly nice :-)

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  5. Fantastic photos, great blog! I'm also on Travel Blogroll (Strange Islands) which is how I found your blog. I tried following you, but it didn't appear to go through--will try again.

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  6. una belluno cosi bella non l'avevo mai vista

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  7. Che bellissimo post! :)
    L'abbiamo trovato per caso... grazie davvero per le belle parole sulla nostra città!

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