On the home stretch sadly !!! We are all calmly sitting in the lounge waiting for our flight to be called. It's been a great morning of favorites and best of stories. As sad as it is to be leaning this wonderful place we are all excited to see our family and friends.

So for our final day in Rome we started at the Colosseum which was sensational the boys loved it and took in each and every word of their audio. We then made our way to the Spanish steps which were relatively quiet in the middle of the day. We walked around to the parliament , pantheon, revisited Trevi fountain and piazza de venezia to take in more incredible history and style. Mark wanted to get a haircut ( well shave ) do we found a place around the corner f...

Well, I think the saying should be all roads lead to Rome but not necessarily easily !!! I am so proud of us for not only making it to our hotel in one piece but then continuing to drive through the centre of Rome past all the ruins and Colosseum in the middle of the day !! Not only did we not hit anything but we both stayed very cool and calm. I have however never been so happy to return a car as I was today. Paolo Peugeot treated us very kindly and as I parke...

We have tried to slow down a little here at Belagaggio but the temptation is too strong to visit different towns in the region so we have settled on a balance!!! We have spent time by the pool and then taken drives for lunch to Pienze and Siena. No matter how many times you see il campo in Siena it is always breathtaking. The highlight so far is a drive last night to Montepulciano , it is too hard to captures it beauty by taking pictures. It is a walled city hi...

We drove from Venice to Tuscany today which took us 4 hours , I would be lying if I said it was a relaxing drive , I was very stressed as it took a while to feel right and all the while huge trucks were everywhere driving very fast !!!! When we arrived at Belagaggio Farm it was all worth while, it really is magical with minutes of arriving the boys were cooling down in the pool. For dinner our host Antonella served us antipasto which consisted of cold meats and...