My first glimpse of Pereta was when I was 18. The family I was au-pairing for took me here to a friend’s pizzeria for dinner one night. I remember rounding a corner and seeing a cemetery just outside of Pereta and gasping at how beautiful it was. Each gravestone had a small light on it, …

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Sorano and Pitigliano are only about 8kms apart and are equally stunning and unique. My jaw completely dropped when I saw both of these towns from afar. It’s insane seeing these two cities rising right off of the cliffs. They’re  a part of these cliffs and just seem to blend out of them into the …

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When I was a teen I was so love (and still am) with the movie Stealing Beauty in which Liv Tyler goes to Italy for a summer. It was that movie that inspired me to go au-pair in Italy when I was 18 for 6 months. I lucked out and got to stay on the …

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