Corte dell'Oca
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Last Two Days
... pretty well soaked, and finally gave up. It was late afternoon before we found a place to eat a light lunch of pasta, bread with oil, and house wine. The tomato sauce in the pasta was excellent; the house wine not so good. In the evening we went to Rosetta's and Giovanni's to say goodbye -- which cannot be done without having wine. Then had a home cooked meal. This morning, Thursday, I had my last piece of chocolate torte ...
Thanksgiving Dinner
... for little bread. Of course, the Prosecco and vino rosa were flowing freely, followed by a lovely Vinsanto and Grappa. (I behaved myself, but did sleep soundly.) There were 7 guests plus the 3 of us. Conversation was non-stop and lively. Mostly Italian with a little English thrown in. I understood some of the words, so was able to get a few of ...
Lift off to Torre del Tartufo
... than I expected, and at first, I thought “well, yup, looks just like the pictures.” Then you stand still for a moment and keep looking up, and you realize you can see everything… the veins in the crook of his elbow, the way the muscles pull across his ribs, the tightness of tendons in his lower legs. While the face is definitely well done, it is antique and stone- but the rest of his body is surreal, and you ...
Our last taste of Tuscany
Another ridiculously large breakfast offering and then we checked out along with a bottle of the wine produced on the Poggio al Sorbo estate, a pretty cool keepsake. We decided to take the tour of the small towns in the area that was outlined on a paper printout provided by our hosts. An hour-and-a-half of driving, not accounting for wine and castle stops.
First stop San Donato in Poggio. At the center of this ...
Florece to Radda
... couldn't out what it was for. We took some photos of the statues surrounding the square, the courtyard in the Palazzo Vecchio and the statues outside the Uffizi (Donatello, Leonardo, Michalangelo, Raphael and Dante - Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles) and continued on. We went to Ponte Vecchio, looked in the jewellery shops on the bridge, took some photos of the river (and a gondola), turned ...