It Was a Pile of Rubble with Only Half a Roof...At Last I Had Found My Idea of Tuscan Heaven ; Fiona Fullerton Returns to Italy's Loveliest Region in Search of the Perfect Second Home... Despite Escalating Price, Property On Sunday

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Ten years ago I was standing on a terrace in Peralta, a tiny hamlet in the heart of Tuscany. The rest of Italy in July 1994 was gripped by World Cup fever as the Italian team stormed through to the final, but I was totally absorbed by the man standing in front of me.

The proposal from my future husband, Neil Shackell, wasn't entirely out of the blue but it was romantic, and what better place for it could there have been?

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It Was a Pile of Rubble with Only Half a Roof...At Last I Had Found My Idea of Tuscan Heaven ; Fiona Fullerton Returns to Italy's Loveliest Region in Search of the Perfect Second Home... Despite Escalating Price, Property On Sunday

I have always found Italy to be an extravagantly sensual place, and Neil has always loved Tuscany. What is there not to like? The food, the language, the climate, the architecture, the scenery, the art and the extraordinary people are all designed to excite the senses to an enormous degree.

The morning after the proposal, we rushed into the nearby town of Lucca to buy some rings. It is...

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