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From the outside it may feel like it never rains in Italy, but it is a shame to arrive here expecting the holiday of your …

Being told off by a sales assistant in a shop in Italy made me sit down and think about the differences between my life here …

They say that movement is life. What do you do though when you find yourself sandwiched so tight between family and work that you can’t …

Where do you go to admire the best views that Italy has to offer? Why, you go up, of course! Italy is a country where …

I wasn’t sure what to expect of Bologna but I was headed there for a day trip. The Italian city is one of those (un)lucky …

The good thing about Italy is that summer here tends to last much longer.  Usually between five and six months, I would say, considering that …

Art, history and a small child may seem like terms which don’t belong together in the same sentence. Yet, if you are a parent who …

Visiting art and history museums with a small child may seem like the perfect recipe for a disaster. However, if you are a parent who …

I am currently obsessed with the Euganean Hills. This is a group of lush peaks rising gently from the flat as a pancake Venetian plain. They are only …

With trees and bulbs in bloom all around us, we are in the throes of a glorious spring here in the Northern Italian region of Veneto. …