Month: May 2019

Since we managed to get a pretty good day in around the rain yesterday we choose to take our chances again despite another day predicted of rain. Despite it being overcast the birds around our home are in full chirp to greet us and encourage another day of exploring. We…

We have had recommendations from a few people to visit Cortona and we are now within a stone throw from there, so even though predictions are for rain we risk it. Cortona is perched high on a hill and we again have lucked out with Tanya’s instructions to find a…

We are now transferring a bit further south to Lucignano. This is a tiny village and they seem to be having a celebration for the emergency services from the surrounding villages. It is a big affair with lots of flags and trumpet playing and we happen to witness the tail…

Today we go to Pisa. As Tanya says it is quite remarkable that so many people feel compelled to visit what is in fact an engineering oopsy. This time no elevators required and we get easy parking close to the piazza. Having said that,  the complex is really impressive, they…

To the east of where we are staying spreads the famous Chianti region. When we examine the map roads seem to travel from north to south with not many traversing across implying significant flow of mountains or hills. All the roads show extreme tortuosity and we decide that this is…

We are not that far away from Siena and we plan to visit today, it is a nice straight road to get there:) and no hills until we arrive.  Just as we start coming into town I look up information on parking and there is a recommendation for the Santa…

André does an early morning start to check out the photo opportunities around our little town and comes back with a gorgeous panorama. We settle into our usual breaky and plan the route for the day. This is as we leave our little home. We plan to take back roads…

Today is a little travel day, we pick up a car, which this time André will be driving and we move out of Florence to a tiny village called Certaldo in Northern Tuscany. Luca from our cooking class when we mentioned we were coming here, told us it was his…

Tanya and I have been looking forward to this “experience” as Luca and Lorenzo call it since we enquired about it last year. We meet Luca and the rest of the group, another 6 people at the train station for the short ride to their property just outside Florence in…

Tanya has made sure that we do not miss out on seeing Michelangelo’s David by getting tickets with the same company we visited the Vatican with as this was such a good experience. We awake to solid rain and wonder if they will still run the tour. In our excitement…