Born and brought up in a small sea-side town in Scotland which thrives on tourism and where every second house is a B&B, I learnt the meaning of home from home hospitality, where guests, even for a short stay, become part of the family. My surname Tod in Scotland means fox so when I met my husband whose surname is Volpe also meaning fox I knew it was destiny! Therefore our B&B couldn’t be called anything else other than La Volpina – the little fox. Susan Tod, the hostess