Ciao Liana,

I won't be travelling to Italia until June this year. I will be travelling throughout Italia and France for five weeks from the beginning of June and into July. I fly into Roma for the Italian leg of the trip, and I'm planning on travelling through to Greve (Chianti), Firenze, maybe Reggio or Parma, Stresa and Verona. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Are there any regions you have especially enjoyed? I haven't included Abruzzo or Umbria - would you suggest a visit?

You sound like you are having a great holiday! Please fill me in on all the regions you have visited on this trip and which have been your favourite (if you can choose!)

Besta and Buon Anno,

Jo

Ciao Liana!

Sorry, I haven't logged onto the site for awhile & haven't loaded my photos onto FB for you!

Love to put one of my photos of Venice onto FB for you.  Definately a beautiful city worthy of extra attention!

Thank you for putting me in touch with Maree Helene too.  I've just replied to a message she sent me about my photos. 

I'm off to Italy on Tuesday night - feeling a bit unorganized for this trip as I've left things to the last minute & have now heard how cold it is going to be while I'm there that I'm having to re-think what I need to pack!  Not much extra travel planned this trip, however friends now might take me for weekend trip to Parma (blind date actually!) so yet another new place for me to discover!  And they are thinking they might have snow for Christmas so be prepared for me to have a zillion more photos to share when I return in January! :)

Hope you & your family have a lovely festive season!

Buon Natale!! :)