Meet the locals

The hot weather (it has been 40+ here recently) has brought out an interesting selection of wildlife. This includes a…

Bastards. Utter bastards.

We are back in Citta della Pieve. After an overnighter in Folkestone, so that we could catch the first Chunnel,…

We got up reasonably early. I felt like I had been awake for hours, largely because in the early hours…

Dog walked, hair washed, moustache and eyebrows plucked (thank you Jamie for installing magnifying mirror so that I could see…

We have been camping in the house over the weekend as our friend needed her flat back. The air beds…

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June marked the culmination of two weeks festivities for the feast days of St Gervais…

Breakfast today was eaten in the garden at our new marble table. To be honest it was a bit blowy,…

[Paola has got back to writing her blogs. She wasn’t happy with my version of the kitchen, so here is…

The kitchen arrived last Thursday, our new sofa and armchair on Friday, the bedroom floors should arrive this week, and…