All well here. We're all a bit tired from moving every few days but its so hard to slow down when there is so much wonderful stuff to see!!! A good problem to have! We are VERY keen to head to Mt Etna & see some action. Can't believe our luck ( well I hope its luck!) that is has erupted whilst we are in Sicily. We had an amazing day yesterday exploring the beautiful cliff-top town of Erice. It was full of winding cobbled streets & charm. The castle &...

Wow, yesterday we saw one of the most amazing things, we've seen and it was barely mentioned by anyone ... Scale del Turchino near Agrigento. Amazing, dazzling white chalky calcareous rock formations like layers sloping into crystal clear waters. Nerve wracking at times as Zoe and Zac kept wanting to run near the drop off but in shifts but we managed to watch the sunset & enjoy another of mother nature's masterpieces. Earlier we had visited Macalube, an area...

Yippeee, exams all done & I now have an Italian language diploma! Now...time for some celebratory vino!

Wonderful day...medieval festival here so Sat night we went to dinner & watched flag bearers in medieval dress throw their coloured flags high into the air & catch them & march about. A very late night for the kids...10pm. It was repeated last night with 1030pm with the d'Uva family as Montevarchi's town & piazza was also transformed into medieval times with trumpets, more flags, horses and a fair with kids rides. All had a ball. We had a sumptuo...

Ciao ancora bella Italia!!! It's so lovely to be back in Italy and see all our wonderful family and friends. We managed to get through all the flights and the 4 hour drive from Rome to our new "home" smoothly. On arrival, we got fed up to the eyeballs with delicious food- even though it was only a drop in visit to the family.... yuuummmm! Adam has conjuncivitis & finally yesterday started new antibiotics. We were getting a little worried about what it was...