How to find the perfect Tuscan villa?

When we decided to celebrate Tim’s 60th in Italy with the kids, I thought it was a brilliant idea, but had no idea how to go about finding the perfect villa. I asked our travel agent and a number of friends, but was still none the wiser so embarked on a little research myself… and […]

10 reasons to visit Siena

I’ve just had two weeks in Siena and loved every minute of it. We decided go to language school in Italy and found what sounded like a great school in Siena. It turned out to be excellent. We choose Siena because it’s not too big and it’s not too small with about 50,000 residents, but believe […]