I can’t believe that October has passed and it is already November! I don’t know where the last month went! It really just flew by and Matteo now weighs more than 5kg! As I write this it is 3am and I am feeding Matteo. The rain is falling very heavily and the sound of it […]

I love the way the seasons change here so quickly.  The temperature can change from one day to another and for the last few days there has been a very icy wind blowing, letting us all know that Autumn has arrived.   The  addition of the yellowing leaves flying around the city is a sure […]

Introducing Matteo Loris Di Donato On Monday, the 12th September at 1.05pm, our beautiful son Matteo Loris Di Donato came into the world.  I can’t believe a month has already passed and I seriously thought I would have posted this earlier but I have learnt very quickly how some days just having a shower is […]

Our New Home As I wait for baby to arrive, I thought I’d share some info about our new neighborhood – San Niccolo’ . The area or district known as ‘San Niccolo’ is situated on the other side of the river, ‘Oltrarno’ and is the gateway to the popular tourist sites of Piazzale Michelangelo and […]

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting……. La Dolce Attesa literally translates as ‘The Sweet Wait’ and is a nice way of saying that a woman is pregnant in Italy but I have to tell you that for me, the ‘sweetness’ is starting to wear off a bit now! I am very ready for this baby to be born!  But it […]

Here I sit in our new house feeling very grateful that the kitchen remains quite cool as it is currently 38 degrees outside and we don’t have any air-conditioning! Today I am also 38 weeks pregnant with 2 more weeks until my due date!  I have told the baby that it better stay inside for […]

I can’t believe how many weeks have passed since my last post and am feeling a little guilty for having neglected my blog for so long but when I think back on how busy we have been, I realise that I shouldn’t be so hard on myself, considering that I am 37 weeks pregnant and […]

Lovely Company, Delicious Food and A Perfect Location.   It was very difficult to get up on Monday morning and go to work after such a lovely and relaxing (and much too short) weekend away with Australian friends in the Tuscan countryside. We were very fortunate that my friend of many years from Melbourne, Bernadette […]

Designer Outlet Shopping under the Tuscan Sun………. Half an hour from Florence, in the direction of Pontassieve is a shopping mecca that attracts many tourists and Florentines alike.  The Mall is located at Via Europa 8, in Leccio Reggello but don’t worry if you don’t have a car! There is a specialised bus that travels directly to The Mall […]