Month August 2025
Many of you know the beautiful family in this photograph. You’ll remember Benedetta, Anna and Enrico from our wedding in Montegridolfo a few years ago. Greg and I were so delighted to catch up with these lovely friends in Milan… Continue Reading →
Summer is a good time to be in Italy — so long as you’re away from the big crowds in major cities. People are on holiday and the festivals are in full swing. This year we’ve revisited a couple of… Continue Reading →
Bologna is our Italian ‘home’ city. It’s where we landed in 2017 when we came here to live for two years. Before that time, we didn’t know Bologna at all — we scarcely knew any Italian cities — but we’d… Continue Reading →
You always hope to get through an overseas trip without having to access the services of a medical professional. But things don’t always go as one would hope. A couple of weeks ago, in the middle of a delicious lunch,… Continue Reading →
Italy’s famous Carrara marble mines are located about an hour’s drive from Fezzano. They’re in the Apuan Alps, behind the Gulf of La Spezia’s eastern shore. The precious Italian stone has been quarried in this part of northern Tuscany since… Continue Reading →
A major rowing competition is held each year on the waters of the Gulf of La Spezia. The ‘Palio del Golfo’ is an historic event; in fact, this year the Palio celebrated its 100th anniversary. All thirteen villages around the… Continue Reading →
When we arrived in Fezzano in July 2019, the village’s annual summer festival was in full swing. Dozens of trestle tables had been set up along the waterfront, and the townsfolk working in the rowing club’s makeshift kitchen were turning… Continue Reading →