The Best Mud in Italy

This true entertaining story is about becoming immersed - literally and metaphorically - in a forgotten Italian spa town and its mud, after taking the plunge with a prescription for 6 buckets of hot mud a day. The author decided on the spur of the moment to buy a second home there. There follows an amusing account of the odd local characters (such as the shopkeeper with a passion for cows) as well as crazy local buildings (a castle with a plane stuck in the tower). There are misunderstandings (how do you pay a mysterious tax with no bill? ) and misadventures (hiring an unasked for minibus and knocking over a group of pensioners), Italian food and food festivals, setting up a conversation group, and an original take on Venice. There’s the celebration of the canal’s 800th birthday and how the author was given the unofficial title ‘Queen of the Waterways’. Myra Robinson writes with infectious enthusiasm and a love of all things Italian. Read more