Day Ten The Siena Detour Part Deux or the story told a different way: When we arrived at the American Cemetery outside of Florence, it was lightly raining. It had been raining with great intensity until we parked at the cemetery entrance. You must cross a bridge over a large creek to get to the […]
Day 13 Castellina in Chianti to Stresa The A26 motorway is really an engineering marvel. For miles we travelled either over bridges or through tunnels. Along the way we stopped for fuel and put 78Euros worth of diesel in the van. This day was the day that I gave the driving over to Martini. He […]
Day 12 Siena to Castellina in Chianti This morning, we started early-ish near 8:30am and had a typical Italian hotel breakfast of breads, meats, cheeses, granola and yogurt. Cappuccino is available and Stone doesn’t allow us to order it after 11am. It’s considered gauche. I was willing to forgo my gluten free observance for this […]
with a beautiful garden
Day Eight, Florence The Duomo and The Ponte Vecchio Going with the flow is the operative mind set when traveling. In our effort to save a few here so we could spend some more there has landed us in some mid town apartments instead of hotels. Our Venice apartment was quaint, with its little […]
Day Nine Firenze to Montalcino: The Detour We left Firenze under a cloud. The morning began with artillery like concussive thunderstorms. It began around 3:30am and lasted until nearly 7:00am. In the meanwhile we began the process of packing and gathering our things for the journey to the Hurts car rental place with 200lbs of […]
Day Seven from Asolo to Florence When traveling to Florence/Firenze take the train. Or make sure to leave your vehicle at the airport and get a taxi if you are staying in the city center. I would have been inspired to stay in bed for a few more minutes of sleep, but even on this […]
from the Prosecco wine trail
Italy 2013 
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