Category: Life in Italy

Shrines are everywhere in Italy offering peace and comfort. What they mean and how they got there are sometimes mysteries....

Mastering the Italian language is more difficult than I anticipated. Read about some of my challenges....

Perfect Italian days are meant for exploring. Come visit some of my favorite places with me....

The beauty of the Tuscan landscape is transformative. Come experience it with me....

Our dog, Millie, goes to an Italian vet. Read about her adventures here....

A beautiful January day in Tuscany is perfect for a picnic in the mountains. ...

My interest in cars begins and ends at something that gets me from point A to point B with as little trouble as possible.  I want dependability, safety, and comfort.  I have landed in a country that makes some of the most expensive and impressive cars in the world. ...

We have good friends who asked us to retrieve a left behind suitcase in Spoleto.  Of course we trust them completely and didn’t think the suitcase was filled with bundles of cash, but there was still an air of Tony Soprano to it.  Spoleto is about an hour and...

Sunday was bright and sunny and beautiful.  Perfect for a little excursion to explore some of this country.  Where to go?  Somewhere we’ve never been, but not too far away.  A finger hovered over the map and landed randomly on Civitella di Val di Chiana.  Never heard of it...

One of the things we were looking forward to when we moved here was to experience the seasons.  We’ve been coming to Italy for 25 years, so we’ve seen snippets of every season, but to witness the changes crosses a threshold between visiting and living.  We got here in...