Welcome to our story for October 2023 and thank you for taking the time to read my blog, I do appreciate it. October was full of surprises. A visit to an olive oil mill, a visit to Cetraro Centro Storico and having lovely time with friends. If you are new, I am Michelle, and John … Continue reading October we saw how olive oil is made locally and, visited Cetraro Historic Centre
Category: visits
September we visit places beautiful places around Calabria
Welcome to the September edition of The Calabrian Dream. I am Michelle and my husband John and I moved to Scalea from the UK in 2018. Scalea is a town that is located in northern Calabria in the south of Italy. If you would like to know more about our journey, please check out the … Continue reading September we visit places beautiful places around Calabria
Visits to Catanzaro, Soverato and enjoy an evening moon gazing
Welcome to the May edition of The Calabrian Dream. If you are new to this blog, welcome! I’m Michelle. My husband John and I moved from Staffordshire in the UK to Scalea in Calabria, Italy in December 2018. If you are interested in the story of how we got here check out the archive. This … Continue reading Visits to Catanzaro, Soverato and enjoy an evening moon gazing
Who said summer is over? It carries on here in Calabria.
Who said summer is over? It carries on here in Calabria. It may be September and the start of autumn, but the summer weather carries on and people visit now to avoid summer crowds. Read this month's post to find out more.
Changes are afoot in October
October has come and gone, things are changing and it all got a bit wet. Here is our October story.
I had forgotten how crazy August can be
The heat, the crowds, the birthdays, the visits of local towns all in August from the holiday resort of Scalea
Going through Phase 2 in Italy
Going through Phase 2 in Italy, leading to phase 3
First visit to an Italian cinema, John’s eye & our trip to Rome was different to expectations.
It is our first visit to an Italian cinema. What has happened to John’s eye and our trip to Rome was different to our expectation.
Someone has turned the heating up.
We visit a different part of Calabria and it is also time for Scalea in Piazza. Oh John's new passport has been on a full length journey across Italy.
Revisit to Calabria
Our latest visit to Calabria to make sure we do want to live there.
Taking in Scalea, Praia e Mare and San Nicola Arcella.