The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta on the road from Pienza to San Quirico d'Orcia

In 2001 I came to live in Italy. I had some fun, wrote a journal and this is the blog of my story...

"Tuscany is a state of grace. The countryside is so lovingly designed that the eye sweeps the mountains and valleys without stumbling over a single stone. The lilt of the rolling green hills, the upsurging cypresses, the terraces sculptured by generations that have handled the rocks with skillful tenderness, the fields geometrically juxtaposed as though drawn by a draughtsman for beauty as well as productivity; the battlements of castles on the hills, their tall towers standing grey-blue and golden tan among the forest of trees, the air of such clarity that every sod of earth stands out in such dazzling detail. The fields ripening with barley and oats, beans and beets. The grape-heavy vines espaliered between the horizontal branches of silver-green olive trees, composing orchards of webbed design, rich in intimation of wine, olive oil and lacy-leaf poetry. Tuscany untied the knots in a man's intestines, wiped out the ills of the world. Italy is the garden of Europe, Tuscany is the garden of Italy, Florence is the flower of Tuscany." Irving Stone from my favourite book " The Agony and the Ecstacy" A fictional biography of Michelangelo



122. Delta Blues


Annette has a ton of assignments still to do for her Delta course and her final exam isn’t until June 2nd.

The weather has been a real mixture of hot and sunny/cold and wet – March has turned into April and I have no Easter holiday... still chin up!



We have booked a table at this Spanish restaurant around the corner. We have also booked a couple of nights away in Le Marche, Annette’s birthday is coming up and May’s schedule is just in...

The Mille Miglia car race on the 8th

Our favourite wine festival at Villa Le Corte on the 22nd 23rd.

Alicia Keys and Dido are playing at the Lucca summer festival in July!

And all I have to do is find a new book to continue my journal...

(Original journal entry 27/3/04)

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