Rome

Paul and I went to Rome last weekend to stay with friends and celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary! We visited lots of sights, ate lots of delicious food including fresh mozzarella, my favourite (!) and I tried to practice my beginner Italian. Definitely better than it was!

On Saturday our friends drove us out to the south of Tuscany and I took this picture in Pienza, looking out over the old walls.

Easter Weekend

I've just spent the Easter weekend sailing in a mix of weather - rain, grey cloud, fog and sun! This picture is us leaving the marina at Bucklers Hard in the New Forest and we also went to Chichester, Lymington and Cowes. We managed to eat masses of food and chocolate and celebrated my birthday too.

Stella Plage

We have just got back from 4 days in France, about an hour from Calais on the coast. It was beautiful and a lovely break and the apartment was only 100 steps from this fantastic beach. We ate lots of delicious seafood - mussels and scallops - and visited lots of places including the old battlefields. We managed to fly some kites too but ended up spending hours trying to untie the knots we'd managed to make!