Odes have been sung to Paris in the springtime but not to Tuscany, and with good reason. Yes, this land of lush beauty is steeped in history. Yes, its food and wine are almost unparalleled in quality. And yes, it is a mere two-hour flight from London. But then there’s the rain…
I should admit that I Googled the region’s average temperature in April before booking a trip and hubristically concluded that it must be wrong. Between 10C and 19C I read. “But this is Italy!” I scoffed. “It’s got to be better than England!” I refused to believe that it could ever be as cold or damp in the Mediterranean as in the UK.
