Lured by the first sprinklings of snow up on the mountains of the Majella National Park, coupled with a beautiful warm autumn day, we couldn’t resist heading up to the top of La Majelletta - an easy drive, less than an hour from your Abruzzo villa for two.

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The wolf is the symbol of the Majella. Hunted for centuries and the subject of more myth and folklore than any other animal in the Park, the wolf now enjoys protected status.

You’re most likely to hear a wolf baying in the late winter/early spring and a pawprint in snow or mud - or even the remains of its prey (usually wild boars or deer) can make you aware of its presence….

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In ‘Blog of Blogs 1′, we told you about the why’s and how’s of our move to Abruzzo. So we’re here. Where’s ‘here’ ? On the fringes of the Majella National Park outside the tiny hamlet of Ascigno, just to the north of Casoli.

We’ve found an Abruzzo property where we’d like to live and run our ‘Villasfor2′ holidays for couples business - but we haven’t actually bought it yet. Now what ?

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