An Italian coronadiary – days 7 and 8

Katia Nussbaum and dogs in vineyard

Katia Nussbaum continues her daily diary under lockdown in Italy with some of her family at her Montalcino estate, San Polino. Click on the Katia's diary tag above for previous instalments.

Day 7: 16 March 2020

This appears to have been a somewhat uneventful day, but perhaps that’s a fallacy, maybe we are just getting used to a new ‘normal’. Or perhaps I feel more relaxed because my mother is with my sister.

This morning I open my computer for the first time in days. I sit at the kitchen table, where it is sunny and warm. Everyone turns up...