When most people think about going shopping in Italy their mind conjures images of gorgeous shoes, handbags and designer clothes. Me? It’s all about the gluten free food shopping. Am I alone in returning home from a holiday with a bag heaving with piadina not Prada, Tuscan focaccia and not Ferragamo? The trouble is, shopping senza…
There were many fun aspects to planning a wedding in Italy but a weekend spent viewing potential venues and villas was certainly one of the most enjoyable. On our sunny Spring-time whistle stop tour of Tuscan rolling hills and central Florence we visited a villa near to the village of Panzano. The wedding planner had…
It was touch and go whether we’d actually make it to the Isle of Wight for the weekend. Our highly organised plans had been thrown into complete chaos the night before we were due to travel when Tom Jones (who we’d been planning to see on a R family weekend away) contracted bronchitis and cancelled…
This past weekend saw us visiting my friend E up at her new house in the gorgeous north Norfolk village of Well-next-the-Sea. We were amazingly lucky; not only was the weather scorchingly hot (I fear perhaps our last blast of summer) but – shiver me timbers – Wells was also hosting its annual Pirate festival….
San Marino is the world’s oldest republic. Its mere 24 sq miles of territory is located about 6 miles from the Italian Adriatic Coast near Rimini. For such a tiny country, it contained several big surprises. We caught a fast intercity train to Rimini from Bologna (just under an hour) and managed to snag the…