Life is a minestrone
Three years ago, almost to the day, Great Britain experienced sporting success at the Olympics; today we had our own Golden Saturday...
One way or another
OK, let’s get this blog moving with a quick resume of the past five days, which is a way of telling you before you get too excited that...
Chin Chin
The good news from this weekend is that it looks likely we will have our car before too much longer (which in Italy means sometime...
Is there a pill for that?
Another few days of moving forward at an Italian pace, but with the weather continuing to be hot it’s perhaps the best speed at which to...
Of mice and men
After all the excitement of residencies and house buying, the last few days have been a welcome return to the closest we get to a...
Seems like we're not in Kansas anymore
So the day finally dawned when everything, hopefully, was ready for the signing of the documents that would make Contrada Forone 7 mine –...
That's official - here's a stamp
After our abortive attempt to storm the local commune offices, Stephen and I duly turned up for our appointment at 9.30 this morning with...
I'm ready for my close up
After a somewhat quite couple of weeks with the “let’s get a move on becoming quasi Italians” campaign, this week promises to be busier...
Tonight's gonna be a good night
So why were we buying lots and lots of fruit yesterday? To take, as a joint offering from ourselves and Marco and Maddalena, to Terese...
La Dolce Vita
Yesterday morning, I had my first lesson with my new student, Lorella, who was even more keen and excited than on Wednesday when I met...
