Italy in October

October 28, 2018

Italy in October - Part 1

The terrace at Terre di Nano

For the second year in a row we've had a family holiday with Mum and Alex over from Sydney, and Simon and Sara over from London. Last year we went to Nice, which was nice.. until Cal broke his elbow. And this year we all met in Tuscany at a hotel just outside of the town Montepulciano. I found the villa Terre di Nano on a blog and thought it looked perfect for a big family with adults and a kid. We each had a room in a big apartment with a huge old farmhouse kitchen, living room with fireplace and an amazing private terrace with uninterrupted views of the olive farm and rolling Tuscan hills. Every vista was a postcard and my brain did flips trying to convince itself that I wasn't just staring at a postcard for hours.

Those of us who were able to walk and drink explored Montepulciano the first day for wine tasting and rambling around the old town, whilst David, Cal and I stayed behind to explore the grounds of the villa - mostly playing Bocce ball, hanging with the three hotel Basset Hounds, and discovering that olives picked fresh off the trees REALLY can't be eaten. In the evenings, instead of going out David cooked big Italian family style dinners to accompany the many bottles of wine brought home by the rest of the gang.

There was plenty of time for hanging out around the kitchen table, reading on deck chairs and in hammocks, endless games of frisbee, and Cal got to spend some excellent quality time with Mum, Simon, Alex and Sara. "I don't want them to go," he whimpered to me on the last night. So all up, a perfect family holiday. Can't wait to do it again next year with the little one in tow.