Pretty much nobody has ever heard of Udine. And fewer still have actually visited. Even most Italians know little to nothing about the city. The region it lies in, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, is the great unknown.

This is the last undiscovered frontier in the north of Italy. That's why we decided to spend a couple of years living in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. We really wanted to get to know the region, and Udine, together with Trieste, was one of the cities I most wanted to explore.