A reluctant brother-in-law Ben conceded to a majority ruling of visiting Assisi, the Umbrian town made famous by it’s patron saint, St Francis of Assisi. Ben was reluctant because Assist is a 1.5 hour drive from our Umbrian palace Lagoscello and…
Bolsena is an ancient hill top medieval town that dates back hundreds of years. According to Wikipedia, records for Bolsena Lake – which is a huge crater filled with water – date back to 105 AD. From our Umbrian palace…
The fun and games driving in Italy with my crazy family continue. Mum, Dad, Susie, Zorba and I all decided to head to the nearby hilltop medieval town of Orvieto. Ben was tired from jet lag, as were the kids,…
An exciting day! I was meeting my family for a wonderful holiday in the mother country. We live all over Australia and I was really looking forward to being altogether again. We picked up hire cars at 10am from Rome…
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…