I had a wonderful birthday. Looking out at the blue, nautical stripes, nougart cake, honey hearts baloons and my boys. We started the day in Croatia on an idilic island and ended in Italy with pizza thin, olives fat, that would put Mr Wolf to shame.

Now in Italy Ricky was very excited to pick up a black Renault hire car and we made the most of it on the first day driving across the country passed Mt Vesuvius and Napoli and along the Amalfi Coast. A quick dip and a splash, an espresso and a merangue just in time to catch the sunset over Sorentto.

We like Italy...