Some photos from our short but very sweet holiday to an hillside villa close to Lucca and Pisa, in Tuscany, Italy. Read more

A collection of photos from my time in Lucca, Tuscany featuring a walk along the city walls and finding more beautiful churches than I could count. Read more

Welcome to Tuscany! Here are some photos and a short review of the holiday villa we stayed in near Lucca in Tuscany for a long weekend in late September. Read more

Some little square photos from our time near Lucca in Tuscany… and a few words on the pesky effect of hype on my travel decisions. Read more

I'm very lucky that not only do I get to go snowboarding at least once a year, but I also get to do this with NewMan. This year was even more special because a group of our friends were there too. We descended upon Colfosco, Alta Badia in the Italian read more

Hello lovely readers. This week's #MusicMonday is an Italian song that I discovered a few months ago and while I don't love this song like I do others that I share with you, I really like the string arrangement and I enjoy hearing the Italian words bounce and roll along. Read more

Once upon a time our ancestors lived in a world where Italian food wasn't the grandissimo deal that it is now. Once upon a time parma ham, parmeggiano reggiano and balsamic vinegar, weren't some of Italy's biggest exports. Once upon a time people who occupied the country that is now read more

Have you ever wanted to know how to make pasta? And not just any old pasta, how to make pasta like an Italian? Me too.Well, during my recent stay in Bologna I went to pasta school to find out. And sadly I'm still not all clued up but I read more

Can you hear the new post series klaxon ringing? And less than a week since I started Wednesday's Words. But I was too smitten with this idea to not pursue it. This Best Kept Secrets series will see me blogging about the things I didn't expect to find in certain read more

Can you hear the new post series klaxon ringing? And less than a week since I started Wednesday's Words. But I was too smitten with this idea to not pursue it. This Best Kept Secrets series will see me blogging about the things I didn't expect to find in certain read more

I wasn't going to blog about Bologna again so quickly. As you may have noticed I like to let a place seep into my skin and maybe my soul a bit before I digest and then discuss. However, I feel a bit differently about Bologna and it has also crossed read more

All day yesterday I was basking in the glory of travel.I was actively relishing the opportunities it has given me, dining out on the joys of discovering the new, learning about the old and appreciating the different.I spent the day wandering around Bologna doing some "real-time" blogging for read more

I was quick to form first impressions about Bologna. Certain words sprung to my mind with very little or no searching; red, arches, solid, old, smart yet rugged..They call Bologna " la citta rossa " (the red city) because of the warm reds, deep oranges, dark yellows cloaking the read more