No matter how many children you have, you’ll know how hard having a family can be. We all need a break from time to time, a chance to get away from the stresses of your everyday life in order to spend some quality time with the ones you love. If you have four… Read More
I knew we would be seeing several places during our time away. Of course I knew it, I booked it all! And I knew that I would probably prefer some places to others. What I hadn’t expected was falling completely and utterly in love with somewhere, and for it to happen so early… Read More
During our trip we have had the pleasure of staying in some pretty great places and meeting some fabulous owners. For the most part we have been welcomed with open arms and made to feel at ease immediately. We feel very lucky to have come across such wonderful people during the last… Read More
A few people have wondered what happens to the children’s educations during our two month trip around Italy and France. ‘I’m not allowed to take my child out of school for two months! Why can you?’ Home education doesn’t mean that you need to be at home in order to educate, or… Read More
Our grand entry into Italy might not have been quite how we expected it to turn out. Certainly, when the the realisation kicked in that that we were stuck with a minibus load of children, with limited phone reception to try and get the help we needed and nobody around for miles… Read More
‘Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows… Read More