The perfect climate

Rudy is 4mo today and it is amazing to see how much he has changed. Isn’t that just the way with children, what makes them all so fascinating? The same with the camapagna - my how our garden has grown since March 21st, the first day of spring!

There has been a lot of rain this year. The winter was warm and wet and it carried on right through spring and summer. It rained here every day when we were in England recently, we were lucky to miss that and enjoy a London heat-wave.

The last couple of days have been sunny but breezy, keeping the general temperature lower than the intense heat of last week. It’s draining when it’s very hot but I’m not a big fan of wind either. There is no such thing as a perfect climate, I’m sure of that.

We have been thinking a lot about that with regards to our wedding, which we are planning for next year. We were originally thinking of doing it in the month of May as it is so beautiful at that time of year with the wild flowers and pleasant temperatures.

Yet if we are really going to drag all our friends and families over here for once in their lives then it really has to be during the summer when people can enjoy what is best about the area – the beaches.

Also a wedding celebration is essentially an evening occasion and the nights need to be adequately warm to hang around in an olive grove in a party dress. Basically it needs to be unbearably hot during the day to want to spend the day in water and the nights outside.

The best climate I have found was in Bolivia, in the foothills of the Andes, heading towards the Amazon basin. Sub tropical vegetation, cool nights, no nasty insects or dangerous animals, beautiful views of snow capped mountains. The downsides for me though are feeling claustrophobic in mountainous areas, car and altitude sickness plus no direct flights to the country from Europe.

There is no perfect place to climate, terrain or location – life is all about appreciating what you have, I reckon!