{"id":721,"date":"2016-08-19T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2checkingout.com\/?p=721"},"modified":"2016-08-19T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T10:55:47","slug":"2016-8-19-the-italian-job-part-one-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2checkingout.com\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"THE ITALIAN JOB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Part one of our Italian Adventures, May 2016<\/p>\n

One of the pillars of our travel plans was always to spend a chunk of time in Italy. Ideally the best part of a year in a tiny hilltop town off the tourist trail, with views to die for. Spending our days in the town square sipping coffee with the old boys, watching the world go by. Eating simple Italian food and consuming a reasonable amount of the local vino. How close have we come to that dream? Pretty darn close. <\/p>\n

The first of our two Italian house sits (find out more about house sitting<\/strong><\/a>) was in the Le Marche region, three hours North East of Rome and forty minutes from the Adriatic Coast. Home for ten weeks was a remote property owned by an English family, consisting of the main house, guest accommodation (The Cantina), a swimming pool, 3 hectares of land and 240 vines. With stunning views across the valley to the Sibillini Mountains National Park. Unlike previous house sits this one had no pets. We did, however, have work to do in the garden and on the vines. Once the work was done for the day, we were free to explore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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