The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. A month before Christmas is always very hectic and busy. No matter how busy I am, each weekend I take some time to step back and relax. As you know, there is no better place to clear your head than in the woods.…
“Summer is like childhood; full of warm memories and gone too soon” Carlone thermal waterfall (it. Cascata del Carlone) is quite small but very scenic waterfall in Italy. Maybe not the waterfall itself, but given its remote location deep in the wild and beautiful mountains around, it was one of the highlights of our holiday in…
“Learning is an experience. Everything else is just an information” My daughter is obsessed with fossils! She has a collection of stones and minerals and asked me to buy some fossils from the museum’s shop quite a few times as she wanted to add them to her collection. I promised to take her on a…
Many of us feel that sometimes life is too hectic, too chaotic, too busy and simply overwhelming. And we often feel hungry for a change, hungry for a simpler and slower life. This is the way of living at my parents home, in one Italian village. Days were sunny and peacefully slow there. On first days…
When you’re spending time at home in your usual routine, you may not realize just how much you’re missing away from nature. Immersing your family in the wilderness, with most electronic items left behind, is the best way to teach kids the value of being outside. Dusty feet, messy hair, never-ending games and no sense of…