We opted for a villa in Umbria for our family stay rather than Tuscany. Why? We’ve all done Tuscany and it is gorgeous, beautiful, movie-like even, but we decided we wanted to get away from ‘Chianti-shire’ and the thousands of…
Dreaming of this villa
In two weeks, Zorba and I will be leaving for Italy. It’s so close now I can almost taste it! I’m dreaming of this villa in Taormina in Sicily where we will be staying. The whole family will be staying…
Roma, nostra bella vacanza e’ finito
After a most wonderful week around Tuscany, it was time to return to Roma. Zorba drove the Fiat cinquecento back to Firenze, with Tom Tom giving us easy directions to the car hire office, and we trudged in 35 degree…
Where to stay in Tuscany
We had to drive along some pretty steep hills, the last few on dirt roads and our poor Fiat cinquecento struggled. It took several attempts to get up the hill! The agriturismo was a delight.
Toscana
After the disaster of Venice, we were glad to get back to the sanctuary of Tuscany, or Toscana as it’s called in Italian. We checked back into our hotel and were allotted a different, less palatial room. It was only…