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Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
Day 9: Florence
... out... but they were being sold illegally on the street, so he didn't get one. Pretty funny! We walked around the city a bit more, had a couple bottles of wine and a light lunch on our piazza by our apartment, and Brad and I went over and went inside the Duomo cathedral, which was absolutely beautiful. The dome itself was painted amazingly at dizzying heights, and the cathedral was as gorgeous as any we'd seen. We met back up ...
Day 9
... were hoping to bring back Olive oil from this hotel because it is freshly made here BUT they are all sold out! We missed the season for it and the next production will be in November. They have their own soaps and scents that are made with the olive oil. They stock it in the bathroom! After Kenny showered he said it is the best soap he ever used in his life. We smelled the different scents in the store and are diff going to get some!!!! We sat outside and had fresh ...
Tuscany
... time!) The black plague hit and Siena lost a third of their people, and it never recovered. And it seems not much has changed since that time either. . . at least in the old town. The city center is a brick shell shape with the city hall on flat edge of the shell. The curved part of the shell is restaurants, shops, apartments. But around the edge of the siena colored brick center is now gray cement. Every July and ...
St. Catherine and Brunello di Montalcino
... to Rome from Avignon, France when she was a young Dominican nun, and after her death went on to become the patron saint of Siena and Europe.
In the afternoon, we took a field trip to two wineries in the Montalcino area south of Siena -- one a small family winery within the old city walls, the other in an agricultural area SE of Montalcino -- to explore Brunello di Montalcino. We toured wine cellars, then sat down to a lively tasting of ...
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