Although we didn't meet Katrin, she was very communicative with us and made arrangements with Rosaria for our arrival, who was extremely kind and helpful and she tolerated my very very bad Italian!

The mill itself is in the most beautiful setting, right on the river, and although we didn't swim there, we swam in the wonderful lake only about 30 minutes away. We saw and heard others swimming in the river too!

Unfortunately the weather was super hot even for this time of the year and so we suffered with not having air con in the apartment (not Katrin's fault!) it's also worth noting for future guests that there is one house cat Bijoux and another Luna who hangs out on the balcony too. There are also a number of cats who live in the barn outside. My mum is scared of cats and so although I loved having them around, this is not the ideal spot for someone scared of cats and meant that we didn't make full use of the outdoor space.

We went to Como, Lecco, beautiful Varenna, San Pelegrino (amazing spa!) and Bergamo and loved them all. It's a beautiful part of the world. The walk to the village Brivio was a little treacherous on the road bit but we should have used the boat!

The apartment itself is lovely and rustic and charmingly decorated but you must remember that you are staying in someone's home and so there was lots of their things around! But this also meant that Katrin allowed us to use some of her water bottles as well as some wine and the wonderful tomatoes from the vegetable patch!

Thank you very much for the use of your home!