The Watermill at Posara

Just in Time for an Aperitivo: a series of love letters to Italy. Today, Lucca, a walled city in Tuscany.From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. If you become a Watermill Friend, you will get an exclusive preview of these essays in this podcast. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy. 

Just in Time for an Aperitivo: a series of love letters to Italy. Today, Mantova: home to Cinzano, Rigoletto and the bloodthirsty Gonzaga family.From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. If you become a Watermill Friend, you will get an exclusive preview of these essays in this podcast. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy. Bill suffers from Parkinsonism and so the essays are read by his wife, Lois.

From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: Four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy. Bill suffers from Parkinsonism so the essays are read by me, Lois, his wife.Today it is the turn of Orvieto, a hilltop city in Umbria

From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: Four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy.Bill suffers from Parkinsonism so the essays are read by me, Lois, his wife.Today it is the turn of Arezzo, just 75km east of Florence.

From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: Four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy.Bill suffers from Parkinsonism so the essays are read by me, Lois, his wife.Today it is the turn of Pistoia, just 40km west of Florence.

From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. We hope you enjoy them.The idea is this: Four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy.Bill suffers from Parkinsonism so the essays are read by me, Lois, his wife.Today he writes about a round walk from Tellaro and inland through Ameglia and Montemarcello, just 150km North-west of Florence, and on a far quieter part of the coast than the nearby crowded Cinque Terre.