- Ancient sites
- Art
- Day trips
- Entering France
- Festivals
- Fond Farewells
- Food
- Food markets
- Forests-Mountains-Streams
- French B&Bs
- French Chateau
- French Churches
- French Cities
- Friends joining us
- Gardens
- Getting to know the locals
- good beach – sea views
- Guided tours
- Hop on-Hop off
- Italian B&Bs
- Italian Festivals
- Italian Hairdressers
- Italian long stay
- Italian Towns
- Learning to cook the Italian way
- Local History
- Medical Emergencies
- Mountain Roads
- MUSEUM VISITS
- Pretty villages
- Restaurants
- Tourist Town
- Travel
- Travelling through
- Uncategorized
- Visiting friends
Road to L’Aquila
DAY 13: 15th September: L’Aquila: EARTHQUAKES MAKE US CHANGE OUR ROUTE: Because of very recent earthquakes in Norcia and surrounding hilltop villages, we decided to change our original very scenic journey. (We […]
Giuseppe & Me
Masseria Mazzapede We Finally Meet The Man and Make a New Friend! The ‘me’ in the title is Graham and the new friend is Giuseppe. These are my recollections of arriving at the Masseria. I drove around Grottole only once before we found La Vecchia Appia. I picked the bar for the simple reason […]
Basilicata -Our Sojourn for Seven Weeks.
16th September – 4th November. Our Long Stay in Basilicata – MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Hello – this is Jackie back again to tell you about our long stay at Masseria Mazzapede. As Graham said, we were a little disappointed not to be nearer a small community, as we had expected. Instead, after a […]
Finally Installed
FINALLY ORGANISED – We are Given a Bigger Bedroom 19th September: It was a relief to be finally organised – moving all our stuff (luggage, clothes, make-up, etc.) into the bigger bedroom, leaving the small one for our great friend Lolly, who was due to land at Bari airport the next evening. I was […]
