

A day at the office
This morning we finally found coinciding gaps in our and Flavia’s diaries to go to the local government offices for extra-terrestrials...


Life's a beach
It has been a hot and relatively quiet weekend – even it MSP has been celebrating its Festa delle erbe spontanee (which I am told means...


One at a time please
This morning we yet again spent quality time with Mario; at this rate he’ll be coming for Christmas. On this occasion, though, it was to...


Psst... wanna buy a house?
Now we know where we were going wrong in our property search - we should have just bought one from a man in the pub in the first place....


Sand in my paws
2nd June and a Public Holiday here in Italy. Apparently, it is Republic Day; hence the reason why the news was full of soldiers in plumed...


It's going to be a bumpy ride...
“Shall we go and look at cars?” Stephen asked. Seemed reasonable to me – so why did we spend most of the morning stuck in a ditch?...
OK Computer
It seems to be my destiny that no matter how much I try to appear professional and organised, nor how much time I spend making sure it...
The Mediterranean diet
It has been a couple of quite days, just getting on with work – both him and me – and general housekeeping stuff. Chris and Take That...
A house is not a home
This afternoon we eventually managed to see inside Stephen’s beloved green house, which was both better and worse than he’d hoped. Our...
What's in a name?
For the second time in two days we found ourselves in Cuore Adriatico, on this occasion it was to complete what we started on Sunday. So...





























