After the baking hot weather we’d had during my first couple of days in Italy, Em and I had planned a day of sunbathing and swimming in Lake Garda for my final dose of la dolce vita. We’d had a few days powing out...

The floating city. One of the most romantic places in the world. A must-see. That’s what people always say about Venice, and now that I’ve been there myself, I’m joining them. Staying with my fab friend Emily in Verona meant we were only an hour or...

Another weekend, another country. The year abroad really is the best.I’ve just come back from a cracking few days in Italy visiting my dear friend, Emily (a fellow year abroader.)Although I’d been to the land of pizza and pasta once before (school choir tour...

The third town (after Bergamo and Venice) on my jam-packed mini trip to Italy was Verona, where Em has been studying as part of her year abroad for the past few months.In fact, she’s just finished for the year so it was a perfecto...