Mediterranean Diet

Hi again from Daisy's Dad. The good news is that Daisy and family are taking a break at the seaside. All the hospital tests so far have proved negative, which is good news but means there is still a puzzle. She is due to have some further tests as an out-patient, but at the moment is soaking up some sun and relaxing, and tells me it's time I made another blog post for her!

I thought I would write about my hobby, which is enjoying serendipitous synchronicity, or in plain English waiting for interesting links between unrelated ideas to pop up. And funnily enough, one happened as I was sitting here at my keyboard thinking about how to explain it.

First, a little background. I live in the United Kingdom and over the years I have taken many self-catering holidays around the Mediterranean. Self catering because one of the holiday high spots for me is being able to buy fresh ingredients for a Mediterranean Diet daily. When I get to a new place, the first thing I want to know is the location of the produce market. Now that I'm retired, I've been mulling over whether to reverse the holiday process - live near the Mediterranean and take occasional holidays back in the UK! So I've looked at all the variables, cost of property, location of airports with low-cost airlines and so on, and decided that the ideal location would be in Italy, probably in Tuscany. And that's as far as it has gone so far - the next stage will be to take an off-season holiday in Tuscany to do some research locally.

Back to Serendipitous Synchronicity. Sitting at my keyboard looking at Daisy's blog, I clicked idly on the link in the right-hand column that says "Break free - how to turn your passion into an income". Sounded like the subject line on a spam email, but I wasn't going anywhere in a hurry and I'd just made a fresh cup of coffee, so I clicked. And there, right in the middle of the page, was a photograph of a Villa which was obviously in Tuscany! So I clicked on the picture, and it gave me the fascinating story of a young couple, Fiona McCardle and Jim Andrew, who did turn their passion into an income, and set up a web business Rent a Villa in Tuscany - if you read their story, there is a link to their site at the end of it.

And that's what I mean by Serendipitous Syncronicity - now I have no excuse - the pieces are falling into place! Oh, and Daisy and company love the idea of holidays in Tuscany...