Agriturismo Poggio Ai Santi
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A dazed day in Elba.
Portoferraio, Elba Portoferraio greeted us with bright sunshine and a beautiful view of the local port. Behind this stands the Porta a Mare gate, which dates back to 1637 and is shadowed by rugged mountains. The ship docked right in the town and it was immediately accessible for exploration on foot. Elba was rich in iron that made it very attractive to the Etruscans and Romans for sword making and was a highly desired stronghold for mediterranean powers? Elba achieved fame though as ...
Tuscany to Umbria
... us which was a bit different! I struggled to pronounce the names in Italian but each time he would repeat the namesto teach me the pronunciation. We've found the people in the small villages so accepting and welcoming. You would think they would be frustrated at our inability to communicate but we haven't found that at all. We both really enjoyed shopping the way the locals do- collecting a few bits and pieces from each store rather than just going into a large supermarket to buy it ...
Tuscany
... a rock in. On the way back he found a big smooth rock that he held onto while Nath carried him. He kept tucking it under his chin like he does with his ruggy- it was very cute! He gets quite attached to rocks and always finds one for each hand when he is wandering around and won't let go of them. We fed the pigs some bread, played with the puppy and patted the horses which Elijah loved. I cooked up some dinner ...
Tuscany
... a feel of the Italian culture and way of life. We also figured we would be doing all the touristy type things in Rome next week. Elijah didn't have a sleep this morning so he was pretty exhausted when we got back to our apartment so we put him down and got stuck into our books again. I managed to finish my Jodi Piccoult book which is always a bit bitter sweet- you want to get to the end of the book to see how ...
Volterra
... walls and haul our backs up 250 stairs, then a hugely steep incline, but the last bit was because we chose a room on the roof of this hotel. Today we decided to take a drive to the popular Tuscan tourist stop of San Gimignano. Smaller than Volterra and absolutely no cars inside the walls, so parking outside on a Saturday morning was difficult to say the least. Parking is always difficult in this country! We were only ...