Gabi and I came upon a peculiar sight while hiking in the woods outside of Florence last week. Five caterpillars were inching their way along the path, nose to butt, its leader quickly changing directions as we placed small obstacles in its path to see how they’d handle the challenges.
» Read moreI’ve always been a sucker for friendly service and a smile. So, when I went in search of a hairdresser in San Casciano, I decided Paolo was the man for me. Why did I pick him? Because he’d been recommended? Because I’d read about his incredible hairdressing expertise? No.
» Read moreThe first time I visited Venice, I went with my mum and dad. I was seven. We walked around San Marco Square and visited Murano to watch the glassblowers. My parents shipped a gorgeous set of red cut glass glasses and decanters to our home. My mum still uses them. The last time was 24 years ago when I went […]
» Read moreThe smell of fresh laundry wafts through the narrow labyrinth of paths in Casares, a mountainside pueblo in Andalusia where we’ve parked and headed out to explore on foot. These magical villages call to visitors with a quaint, rustic allure. The architecture is simply stunning; white structures huddling conspiratorially on the edges of cliffs, clinging to the mountainside as an […]
» Read moreLittle did I imagine that, less than 72 hours after dining on a delectable meal of salmon and grilled cheese salad at a beachfront restaurant to the sound of ocean waves, I’d be lying in a hospital bed in Kalamata. It all began with an itch. I thought I’d been bitten by one of the hundreds of mosquitoes buzzing around […]
» Read moreGetting lost in the hills of Peloponnese was all fun and games until our car quit in the middle of nowhere. All the dead ends, narrow lanes edged with scratched walls where intrepid drivers before us had left pieces of their cars’ quarter panels, and all the landslides, manure-covered roads, goats and even a man with a four-foot snake hadn’t […]
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