Italy's schools close for three months every summer. A fact that drives the country's parents crazy. I'm lucky enough to be able to send my two rascals off to their relatives in Switzerland for all of July. But that still leaves me with eight hot weeks in the company of an 8- and a 10-year-old who spend their days arguing with each other. As every Italian mother knows, the easiest way to lift the family spirit is to spend as much time as possible at the sea. And the Argentario Sailing School has the perfect address for a new summer activity, once the youngsters are beyond the age of prolonged sand castle building. The weekly sailing courses take place from June to the beginning of September. Children need to be able to swim and can participate from the age of six. The course takes place from Monday to Saturday with morning groups for smaller kids and first timers and afternoon groups for the more experienced between the young sailors. ...