Sat 8th Mar: Went down to the shop as Luca´s family had made meringues especially. We took a photo of all his family outside the shop, his auntie and uncle were really touched with the picture, they all wanted to look their best for it as they are very proud of their appearance. This was the first picture they had outside of the shop in 40 years. I got Emily a small chocolate egg and a bunch of Mimosa flower as it was viva la donne. Which is day to celebra...

Beautiful weather today so we decided to be organised and get out before lunchtime and go to Portofino again. The public transport actually worked in our favour and we managed to get the bus down to Chiavari from Kirstys before setting of on the train to St. Margherita. From here we had to walk as the coast in to curvy for the train line. Fab walk though, right along the sea. We walked about half way and then noticed that we were miles away still and that there w...

Sat 23rd: After meeting Kirsty and Luca, went back to Kirstys house for gnocchi and pesto, folloed by aubergine fritters and cakes from Lucas patiserrie - yum (not a bad welcome - thanks guys!). Her house is lovely, really big with marble floors, and we actually have a proper bed with real pillows and duvet - and she has a bath tub! Also Baileys, her crazy cat, is adorable. Sat up til 1am just chatting, fab to see Kirsty and Luca seems a sweetie. Sun 24th: ...