Hotel Etrusco Arezzo

... worked tirelessly over the past ten years to return it to its formal glory – at the same time, they are doing this work in an earth-friendly bio-dynamic manner.

Next, the boys (Guiliano, Alex, and Michael) and I began the climb to learn what the land could produce for dinner (Susan drove my father back to the house). First, we found the wild chestnut groves – there are two types of chestnuts, the Castagna and the Marron. Interestingly, the Marron which is ...

... time but, ultimately, growing from 50 in the mid-seventeenth century to more than 130 years of 1798-99 (between 3 and 4% of the global population). Their life is not always easy. Especially between the mid-seventeenth to mid eighteenth century (the age of the Counter-Reformation), are made subject to a variety of oppressive measures that are reduced greatly when the Grand Ducal throne halls the enlightened Pietro Leopoldo of Lorraine (1765-1790) and disappear with the French ...

This morning we needed to pick up a few items to finish off our gift list so we headed back to the Radda in Chianti area and visited a local goat farm. We then went into Radda for a quick lunch of tuscan toast with olive oil and sandwiches. From there we headed to the Coop for a couple of plane snacks and back to Le Miccine for the afternoon. We spent the afternoon packing up our suitcases and getting the apartment in order. We had dinner reservations in ...

Well today we are staying at the vineyard. Last night I woke up not feeling very well and let's just say that I ended up spending time in the lovely bathroom of our apartment. David watched several movies and I just spent the day reading. We cooked in using some of the groceries that we had ...

... walled city on top of the hillside. The views were incredible. We stayed at an agriturismo right outside of town, which was perfect, except for the guard goose! The neighbors had swans, geese and chickens, and one goose just did not want to let us by! Look at the photos for all the incredible sights of Montepulciano. We will have to be back, and next time with a car, so we can explore more of the ...

Today we decided to take it easy and spend the day at Le Miccine. We read books by the pool (it was too cold to get in the water the temp was about 72 degrees) I did sit with one leg hanging in the water for a while but that was as far as I was willing to go. We grilled out dinner again we had chicken, fried potatoes and caprese salad. We have decided that they suck at bread. It all tastes like Amish ...

... down and up another pair of elevators and changed platforms. I found stairs down to a busy pedestrian tunnel, reached the station, fortunately had E .70 for the WC, and quickly returned to the platform where I asked an off duty conductor about our train. "No," he said, "you cannot take this train to Venezia; you must change platforms and catch another train." Down and up the elevators we went one last ...

... the least human I've ever seen. After a time, I realized that by standing and holding out my thumb, I was doing more for them than they'd ever do for anyone who wasn't their family member or their new, ridiculously shiny automobile. They seem to think the world should be split up into six billion parts - theirs of course would be much larger than average - fences should be erected around each, and all would spend two-thirds of their waking lives working so they can collect gobs of ...

... thinking that I had a chance of getting some of my tan back before I came home since I'd be ending my trip in Italy and what actually ends up happening is that I end up freezing in only a thin Lululemon jacket in the freaking SNOW!!! That being said, it was very gorgeous to see all the red rooves covered with a dusting of snow. It is very cold here though. Yesterday we made soup. I have more stories, but I think that you all need a rest from reading right ...

... degrees and Godwin is majorly grossed out. I find it disgusting, in a way, but mostly fascinating and linger over some of the displays, much to Godwin's dismay. He won't even let me take any pictures, but I manage to get one. Human wax model in La Specola It's close to lunchtime now, so we stop at a cute roadside café for a quick bite before ...