Feeling at home… in Italy by Julie Gilley
What does Grandmother and Italy have in common? For Julie Gilley, they both signify “home”.
What does Grandmother and Italy have in common? For Julie Gilley, they both signify “home”.
Our friend Letizia, owner of the beautiful countryside home and cooking school Alla Madonna del Piatto, near Assisi, in Umbria, tells us how good family food makes home feel like home, even when she’s traveling around the world with her lovely family.
Ben Colclough, founder Tourdust.com, reflects on his travels, including long periods spent on the road, an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Sydney and latterly a successful house swaps and asks, is it possible to reconcile the forces for change and home?
You can circle the globe searching for happiness, you can circle the globe searching for love, you can circle the globe searching for home—but ultimately you’ll only find those things by standing still a minute and searching inside.
The third post in the Feeling at Home guest series. Lois of Home Base Holidays explains the reasons why home exchange allows you to feel “at home” in many different ways by providing a unique taste of a different lifestyle.
Tom Greenwood spent 1000 miles away from home for 3 months in a country where he and his wife didn’t speak the language at all, yet ended up feeling at home possibly more so than we had ever done before. What was it about this time they spent in Hungary that made it so special?
It’s one thing to move to a new country, and quite another to call that place home. But how do you give others a sense of home before you have one yourself? The answer lies in letting life happen, one small
step at at time. Diana Strinati Baur of Baur Bed & Breakfast in Acqui Terme, Piemonte, tells a little bit about the emotion behind starting a B&B in a place she knew she could love over time, and how that love actually helped give her the sense of home she had always hoped for.
This blog is written by a born and bred Tuscan who wishes to share her love for this region with as many people as possible. It's about living here, but also about travelling, learning, experiencing, and enjoying life in Tuscany.
It's about feeling at home in Tuscany.
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