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September in Tuscany

La Vendemmia, Seasonal Fruit, Back to School, Restaurants, Beppo Grillo, Touring Bands, Fashion, Fiano and the Calambur. June Finnigan – English Writer & Rock Singer.The Month of September in Tuscany Benvenuti to all my lovely Loyal and New Followers, Well,

How You Can Fund Your Retirement Overseas

Here’s How To Fund Your New Life Anywhere In The World How are you going to be able to afford the retirement you’ve been dreaming about? Maybe you should defer the idea… keep working for five or six or more

Life On Ambergris Caye, Belize’s Mini-Melting Pot

Following The Path Of Progress On This Charming Caribbean Island When you come to Belize, pay no mind to Belize City. This is the Calcutta of the Caribbean, the city a friend says he’s going to put on the cover

The Czech City Of Prague Is Full Of Character And Quirks

Like Paris But With A Wicked Sense Of Humor If I were to choose one word to describe Paris, it would be romantic. If I were to choose one word to describe Prague, a city often compared to Paris, it

Fun in the Morvan and a Flea Circus in Suffolk

Charity Cottage did everyone proud in September. Stuart from Canada and girlfriend Alice from Yorkshire would ordinarily have stayed in the main house, but on their proposed arrival date I was having cataract surgery in the Polyclinique. I had no

The Month of August in Tuscany

Bee Eaters & Hoopoes, Teresa May, AC Milan, Ferragosta, Celebrity Weddings, Certaldo Onions and the Earthquake June Finnigan – English Writer & Rock Singer.Benvenuti to all my lovely Loyal and New Followers If you are new to my column, you

The Best Place To Retire Overseas As A Single Woman

It’s easier to adapt to a new life overseas when you move with a spouse or partner. You can laugh (or cry) together at the inevitable trying times that arise. It’s more of a challenge to move abroad on your

Paradise Lost, Paulownia And The Burkini Ban

I am typing this on (British) August Bank Holiday, in a sizzling heatwave. Our trees, notably the paulownia adjoining our patio, are shedding their leaves. When the paulownia flowered for the first time in 2015, I emailed Carmela Delcros, who

Getting an Au Pair – A Cultural (and Literal) Education

Getting an au pair can be a fantastic, entertaining and relatively inexpensive idea. But listen to the advice of others and prepare assiduously to avoid a load of potential problems. Maybe I’m being a bit of a princess since my

The Month of July

Bentornato to my monthly column, where I bring you up to speed with the previous month’s thrills and spills in beautiful Chianti in Tuscany, Italy.The first week in July was a dust settling one for The Rock Chick Band, after