When one moves, whether to a different neighborhood or a different country, one can never quite know what sort of people you’ll be sharing a street with.

But when it comes to our neighbors here in our little town in Italy, we feel like we won the lottery.

Our all-time winner recipe came from making a cake for our neighbor’s 11-year-old daughter a couple of years ago. When Giuseppina reported on this cake the next day, she exclaimed one word: "SQUISITO!!!"

We have recently begun designing itineraries to small towns and unique locations in Scotland!

Our service is still limited – meaning no Edinburgh or Glasgow, and no islands – because we are not versed in them yet.

But if you are interested in small town travel on Scotland’s mainland, we might be able to help you. We have a good roster of castles, distilleries, quirky hotels, excellent gastro pubs, gorgeous drives, and an excellent birds of prey experience. Reach out if you’re looking at summer or fall travel to the little roads of Scotland!

We’ve been surprised to receive several client queries just in the past few days - after the holidays, people apparently start thinking about new travel experiences for 2025.

And it’s definitely not too soon to start planning a trip to Italy or Ireland - we can make yoiur sream itineray like we have for so many other travelers!

To broaden our knowledge base for our itinerary service, we recently took a 12-day jaunt up into Italy’s northern Lakes regions - with a couple of stops in Emilia-Romagna on the way.

Here’s a roundup of some of the special and extraordinary places where we stayed and ate. Although our Alpine Lakes guide is the slimmest volume of our guidebooks, these lakes are chock full of natural beauty and deep history. And now we have even more information to share with our travelers!