A Tuscan Experience

After a day pootling around in Mildred our Fiat Panda P.O.S, we settled on food at a local establishment, which is very friendly and serves a demon rosemary steak. Whilst enjoying our meal 6 of our colonial cousins descended on … Continue reading

Bolgheri

So here we are deep in wine heaven on the east of Tuscany in a tiny place called Bolgheri. It’s tranquil and quite literally is full of restaurants. The local wine is the speciality and we just had to pick … Continue reading

San Gimignano

More pictures of this beautiful little fortress city (this one wasn’t used for films of shiny vampires) Obviously a hard day looking at things needs refreshment … Continue reading

omletto

Here we are in San Gimignano in Tuscany enjoying a bite to eat, whilst being eaten alive. We are making every effort to order in italian when up walks an English couple to ask the waiter in plain English “Do … Continue reading

Ah A Fine Chianti

A nice day chilling by the freezing cold pool (so exhilarating it takes the best part of 15 minutes to work up to full submersion) watching the thunderstorm gently circle around us. And in true style we just had to … Continue reading

When in Rome

Or nearby, or just in Italy. The only requirement is a nice bottle of Chianti wine. Washed down with a spot of lunch. Today we are exploring Volterra. A beautiful medieval town, more famous now for one scene in that … Continue reading