Today I won’t post any photo of Norm (promise!) but I will draw your attention to one of the towns we visited together last year, and now I did it again with my current visitors. I think it was here that Norm invented the word doorgasm.
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It starts with a bamboo door. When I saw the price tag, 15 Eur, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to have a real Tuscan door at home, but I was with Norm of all people, our Thursday Doorman, and he said: only if they had given the door quite some TLC. As it is, it remained unbought.
As you scroll through all the other door photos, taken two days ago, imagine how often I was thinking of this door and regretted not buying it. When you reach the last photo, it all becomes clear. I have nothing to regret.
I invite you on a stroll with me. Beware or one day you will come for real. Pitigliano is one of world’s best kept secrets.
A proper Tuscan door last year. Bamboo is a bit far from home. 
To now: the male third of visitors. The dog’s name is Manči. My mom sometimes calls me this too. 
They love their donkeys. 
New door! 
They promise insects to come. 
Nice shade. (Of door, not dog.) 
Visiting trio in full. They have arches too here. 
And cats. And the whole town is made of tufa rock. Not to be confused with tuff. 
A door in the mirror. 
Too sexy to be naked for this camera. 
A cutie. 
A fun scene. Installing internet, maybe. 
With a cat house? 
Office for peace. Probably not. 
A door in a door in a camera. 
The cat makes the scene just right. 
So many views. 
So many doors. 
Quite some shops. 
They may be sorry and closed, but they have a great door handle. 
How it is: carved into. These two are off on a bike. 
Do you see? The 15 Eur is just for one single door! When we passed with Norm, the shop was closed and only the backdrop door remained…
Manja Mexi Mexcessive (closed) 
Wonderful selection! I love the first two and last one, all three have seen serious service.
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Thank you, Sheree. You mean the three photos of the same bamboo door? Yes, it’s seen things. And it’s not even on sale. 🙂
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Pitigliano really is one of those magical hidden treasures of Italy. I had never heard of this place before knowing you, and now I can’t image a visit to Tuscany that doesn’t include at least a day to explore Pitigliano.
Ahh…the 15 Euro door suddenly makes much more sense! Had they been open when we were there I would have bought one for sure. It would have gone nicely with the one I found in Amalfi which cost three times that price.
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Hehe, oh yes, I remember the one you bought. I could have bought one but I simply took the photo and moved on without thinking about it. The third time is the charm, they say. Thank you, Norm! It is indeed extraordinary, no matter how often I visit.
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What an incredible collection. Doorgasm for sure!!
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Hihihh, thanks, Peter!
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Some great shots of the arches and alleyways. Do love the flower door handle. So cute.
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Thank you, Jan, great to hear.
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The light in all of these is lovely. Must have been a beautiful day! (K)
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Thank you, K. We have yet to have a bad day there.
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Love the word Doorgasm! Perfect for your posts on doors. So is this the NORM that runs the door challenges?
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Hihi, thank you, Amanda. Indeed, this is the man. He visited us with his wife in September last year. You can find him on a photo in both my previous Thursday Doors posts on this blog.
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That’s wonderful that you have connected. Tell me did he have a blog that was called the Door Whores many years back? I used to contribute to that when I first started blogging.
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Hmmm…. I don’t think that was him. I vaguely remember coming upon it once.
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What I love about your posts, Manja, is that it’s just not a collection of doors. You give a sense of life in Italy. You give the feeling that we are walking together along these streets having a conversation. My favourite is the photo after the arch … the street scene. I feel like I’m standing at the top of the stairs with you. I love everything about that scene (including the cat 😻) To me it is a quintessential Italian street.
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That’s it, Joanne, thank you for noticing. 🙂 My blog is a way of showing you around and strolling with you. Without you actually getting here, until you do. 😉
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… until I do 🙂
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These are great. I love the little case on the outside of the shop.
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Thank you, Dan. Do you mean the display case? Or the cat house?
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The display case.
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Loved the doors and scenery; thanks for the guided tour, Manja!
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Thank you, Gordon, and welcome every time!
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Doorgasm, indeed! The door of doors for sale, oh my word! LOVE!
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Hehe, thanks, Joey. I still don’t understand why I didn’t buy one of the little doors! Next time…
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I love their donkeys too.
These are just gorgeous.and that proper Tuscan door a great shot.
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Thanks, Bojana.
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A dozen doors on a door! That is just wonderful! There are too many splendid doors here for me to choose. I think I like the doors with glass best, because then I get to see my friend Manja. What did you call those? Doorfies? Ooh, also the photo of the door in the mirror. The whole framing of that shot is fun.
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Ahhh, aren’t you sweet. 🙂 Thanks, Crystal! I like to give the problem of two many favourites. 😉 Doorfies, yes, but I didn’t invent this word, just carried it forward.
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