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In Search of La Dolce Vita
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Meanderings and musings of a South African-German couple and their American son as they make a new life in Italy
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When in the Italian countryside ...
Spring is probably my favourite season here - warm days, cool nights, green everywhere, wildflowers blooming, trips to the mountains, and a busy bustle on the streets. Things don't just grow in this time - they explode into life, bursting out of the...
Italy stops
There are several phenomena that tumble without effort into the category of "reality checks". From a purely individual experience point of view, heart attack, near-drowning, brain seizure, for example, would all typically qualify. From a shared exp...
It's been a while...
I think I recognize this place, I was here about a month ago. But it seems like an awfully long time ago, during which rather a lot has taken place.First there was Christmas, enjoyed with 3 other English and Italian families, and then the trip to a ...
Drifting a little off the subject
This is a slight – OK, significant – departure from the normal subject of these blogs, but after reading a few articles recently, there’s something inside that’s just compelling me to pass comment. I found the articles in question on the BBC...
Olive picking
It's olive-picking time. November-December, generally. Last year's crop was poor thanks to the lack of rain. This year's is better due the late rains we got in September-October. Last year, our singular tree - buried as it was by others of differ...
Silvio and Barack
Not surprisingly, the euphoria emanating from the US on November 5th drifted across the Atlantic to Europe, permeating the atmosphere with an equivalent spirit of hope and promise. Perhaps equally unsurprisingly, one of the first - and arguably the ...


Love your blog...I am a huge Italy lover!!!! Keep the pic's coming!
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