After months of meticulous planning, at last Kerstin, an eagerly awaited guest, has hit Italy and Capena with her husband Peter – who I suspect is someone quite famous for his Hollywood acting career! If so, that makes the second Hollywood star to stay at Casa Marconi. Two years ago, we had the delightful Gene Viglione, a retired Hollywood  producer and actor who stayed with us for two months as part of a long tour around Europe, when he spent long periods in France, Sicily and Rome. During the time he wrote a blog with lots of photos of Capena: genethebean-onthego.blogspot.com.

Kerstin and I have been in contact from the moment she arrived and I can’t wait to hear about her week in Italy as it unfolds and find out more about the mysterious Peter …