Traveling around had been quite easy so far.  Most of the places we wanted to visit were within a half an hour drive.  The drives were calm ...

Our plan for our time in Puglia was to only stay in a few locations, but to then day trip around to visit the region.  We didn't want to...

On our first day in Puglia, we didn't do too much.  We were still slowly getting over the travel and the events of the previous evening ...

The final leg of the journey had been painful.  We arrived at the airport in Bari and everything seemed fine.  All of this started to change...

Being a new family had meant many firsts.  First laugh, first words, first steps, first visits, first holidays. Some of these things had hap...

It was nearly Christmas.  The year was coming to an end and Veronica and I both had some unused leave.  We didn't want to waste it so we...

Our time at the villa had come to an end.  Instead of leaving back home immediately, I had arranged for us to go somewhere else for a few mo...

Life in the villa was good. Maybe a little bit too good. It was fancy living, with all of our needs catered for by the professional and frie...