Our new marble table

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

Marmalade

We had a bit of a lie-in this morning and, after breakfast and walking Daisy, we went to the house. … More

Early start again to get the house opened for our carpenter Diego. He needed to make the final measurements for the … More

First stop on the journey back was Saint Vincent in Aosta, near the Italian/French border. It is a small town in … More

It may have been noticed that the foodie element of our blogs has somewhat declined over the past few weeks. … More

After doing some work in the garden, we have realised just how useful our neighbour’s mediaeval tower is. We were complaining … More

Sadly, on Good Friday, my aunt Mariuccia lost her fight against cancer and died; two years to the day after … More

Up early this morning for a trip to Perugia. And we were on a mission: to find a furniture store … More

This morning’s chores were to take a load of green waste to the recycling centre outside of town. We had … More