Living in Italy – Life Thread

Home at last?

I’m here, Mum and Dad. I made it… I said I would, and you gave me your blessing, and here

We went to see the Christmas tree on the lake on Sunday evening, in the local town. However, there was

Here it is…the final piece of the jigsaw* – this is my official “Non-mandatory” but very precious residence card, which

October 24th 2021: Today we’re starting to harvest the olives… Well, we survived the first day! We had a few

We’ve just been to friends to try their new olive oil, pressed just yesterday…and to compare it with last year’s…

We drove up into the hills this morning and learned about the olive harvest, ready for when we tackle our

12 months ago today we got the keys for our house! We didn’t own it until Dec, and couldn’t move

Grape harvest day…my back aches, my hands are very stained…and I’m ready for a large – bought- glass of wine!

Another gorgeous morning for a run… 8km again today, but still slow at 1 hour 1 minute….. I guess the

We went to visit a Californian couple a few days ago, to learn how to make wine. They showed us