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Today I want to speak about the guest I want and the guest I would like. It’s difficult but I try! If you didn’t read before, I suggest you take a look What you will not find in my B&B.I wrote that post many years ago and it helped me to work better and meet…

This year the summer season doesn’t want to leave. It’s warm (rather it’s hot), sunny and no rain or snow. Honey mushrooms, Costiera dei Cech.I’m honest: mushrooms, chestnuts and nuts there were also this year, just harvest them up! Mountain Qualido, that is the El Captain of Mello’s Valley.Refuges closed and desert trails. Autumn is…

October, a desert trail and fresh wind, good smell of musk and autumn, in the distance the huge Qualido wall sparkled in the sun. October, a desert trail and fresh windgood smell of musk and autumnin the distance the huge Qualido wall sparkled in the sunI was tired, my legs were tiredI had to stop…

In short my summer 2017. I’ll remember it as the warmest and sunny one since I live here. Made with♡ in the B&B Costiera dei Cech.With its nearly 3 meters tall it was the most photographed subject this year. Young guests from Germany who enjoy their holiday.I immediately bugger off the malignant, those who say:…

Continues the series “5 things you need to know…”. Have you already booked? Then, these are 5 things you must absolutely know after you’ve booked! 5 things you need to know after you’ve booked: √ Let us know your arrival time √ Use Google Maps as navigator √ Communicate with us √ Book the restaurant √ Pay by…

Morbegno in Cantina 2017, XXII edition. Here are the dates of the long-awaited event in the Valtellina Valley. Here are the dates and soon the program: 30th September – 1st October 6th – 7th – 8th October (yes of course, there’s also Friday) 14th – 15th October (at the same time as Mostra del Bitto)…

A few days ago, on home page of website, appeared the following phrase: 5 things you need to know before booking: √ No TV √ Pets not allowed √ € 70 double room – € 50 single room √ Check-in max 7 p.m. √ Deposit required for all reservations Here the explanation: √ No TVThere…

DIY: in other words little works done by us that took many time, hard work, anger… but zero or almost money. Forget about the results! This shelf is the result of a project entirely copied from the web If for many people the DIY is relaxing, for me and Ale it hasn’t been. The garden…

The B&B Costiera dei Cech is a bed and breakfast Homestay! What does it mean?  Over the years I realize how much confusion exists around the world of bed and breakfast and generally in the, so called, extra-hotel. I don’t want to talk about regulations and laws and not even about who understand in their…

I’ve always been attracted to this phrase by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Perhaps I have never understood it, or perhaps it is simply interpretable in many ways. San Bernardo, Civo – Costiera dei Cech – Valtellina When I read the long essay of Emerson “Nature”I was struck by his interpretation of nature halfway between the mystic…