Hello all A quick update to let you know where we are - after 2 nights at a hotel in Palermo in Sicily we have driven up through the amalfi coast and are now in sorrento for a few nights before we head to our next house sit in Perugia. We had an 'experience' with the new mafia in Sicily - having parked the car in a side street for free we were approached by a guy wanting a euro for his no-help in parking the car - James paid him and then an hour later we popped...

Ciao and a very late Happy New Year ! Well after 16 days without running water, the home owners came back and we were relieved of our house sitting duties. We both loved Bulgaria, especially to have Denise to visit. She left on the 30th and we spent New Years Eve at the house with a lovely Bulgarian wine, and there were even some fireworks in the village for us to watch from the terrace at midnight. We had a lovely evening with Peter and Lidia on the 1st and th...

Bonjouro all Hope you're well ? So we moved from Switzerland through a very mountainous / lots of tunnels journey into Italy and spent 2 nights right beside Lake Iseo, which was very pretty. We took a drive around the lake for the day and just relaxed by the lake - it was a bit rainy and we were out of cooking gas so had to cook everything, including breakfast and using the kettle, on the bbq ! We moved on to Verona and had a night in a central hotel, managed ...