A Rosie Life In Italy

Rosie’s Renovating and Living In Italy Blog

His and Her Enormous Watermelons

Aug 16, 2024

Watermelons are rampant here at the moment. They are enormous. Carrying them to the cash desk is like an Ironman challenge, but they are the most refreshing thing to munch, during the current 37C days we are having.

Coming Soon!

Jun 10, 2024

I'm very excited that the new edition of A Rosie Life In Italy (Book 1: new edition) is now available for pre-order from Barnes and Noble! There is bonus 'stuff' in the back of the new edition, and it has a beautiful new cover so it will look...

The Smell of a Memory Explosion

Jun 10, 2024

“Isn’t Jerusalem syndrome when visitors to the city have a psychotic religious break down and believe they are the next Messiah or some religious figure from the bible? That is definitely not what I am experiencing. And Strendhal syndrome is when travellers are so overcome by the beauty of all the architecture and artwork in Florence that they begin to hallucinate and get sick. I think I’m having the opposite,” says Fatima who is much better at facts than me.