Lucinda Vardey, Migliara, Tuscany, Italy Since the early 1990's, Lucinda Vardey, author of Traveling With the Saints in Italy, has opened up her home and gardens in Tuscany to those in need of spiritual and physical renewal. Known as Migliara, the 500 year old farmhouse surrounded by fields of wildflowers and a mountain stream, has always been a pilgrims rest from early Christian times. Many, including St. Francis of Assisi have walked this land and found peace and harmony in the flowers and the soil.