Villa Il Granduca
Travel Blogs from Carmignano
Days 11 and 12: Pisa, Florence and Rome
... of left field,"We havent seen any change on the ground yet." I'm sure you're like, what the hell are you talking about? Well, my mom's dad passed away in 2007. Mom and her family has always felt that he leaves dimes to tell them he's okay, and to sometimes to say hi. So we knew what she meant. We all kind of laughed and said that they'd actually be 10-cent Euro coins, and the gypsies and beggars would take them faster than you notice you drop ...
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 ...
Trails in Cinque Terra
... an early start today to get up, pack up , have some oily foccacia for breaky and head to the train station for a big day of travelling. We got our 9min train back to La Spezia and waited around for our next train to Milan. After 3.5hours we arrived in Milan where we just waited at the train station for our train/bus to the airport. At the airport we checked in and waited for our 2 hour flight to Athens where we arrived at 9pm. ...
Fresh air and half the traffic of Rome
... gelati shop, and of course finished the evening with a delicious gelati. I had my normal chocolate and lemon plus a third flavour - banana - very nice - just like a Barny Banana - yumm!!!
Don:
No free Internet at our hotel so the Florence day 2 and 3 entries and photos won't be up until after we check into Venice.
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Still alive
... there was going to be a wedding reception there in the next few hours. The wine: Oh so good. The olive oil: even better. Apparently in Italy they are not allowed to add sugar to their wine, so it’s all in the grape. We ended up leaving there with 6 bottles of wine and some olive oil, so it was a lovely little visit.
We have decided so far that if we ever come back to Italy we are spending some time in Positano and some time ...
Location
Other places to stay in Carmignano
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Villa La Malva
Via Fratelli Buricchi 35, Carmignano | 3 star hotelfrom $78 -
Hotel Villa S. Michele
Piazza Matteotti, 14, Carmignano | 3 star hotelfrom $83
