Il Castello di Gargonza
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Toscana road trip
After leaving Rome in our rental car, we made our first stop in Tuscany at the winery Fattoria Santa Vittoria. Our host, Claudio spoke only a little English but he was excited about practicing it with us as his guests. Claudio showed us around the winery, taking us to the rooms holding the grapes for Vin Santo to try the grapes and on to each room …
Day 10: Florence
... and the writer of the Divine Comedy. Come ON!! I geeked out a bit. Not to mention, the cathedral itself was stunning, as we the cloisters and courtyard outside. We headed back to the apartment and Mom cooked us a fantastic pot roast with potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, and a salad. We enjoyed the delicious dinner around the large dining room table, sipped champagne, talked, laughed, and enjoyed the evening. Now, it's time to rest our very weary bodies and prepare for another ...
6/16/2011
... was kinda lame with lots of creepy Italian men who were old and well creepy. So we walked to 21 a dance club close to the Red Garter and tried to get in.... Well Jersey Shore was filming there (THEY JUST WON'T LEAVE) but the club was full and the bouncer wouldn't let us in... so we waited clearly because we had to see the chaos that Jersey Shore was unleashing. We were waiting and The Situation walked up and was smoking and making weird "come get me ...
Tuscany ... It's All That!
There were two slight setbacks during our stay in Monte San Savino; I lost one of my pearl earrings Mark had given me several years ago, which was sad, and the whole family had a bit of a self-esteem adjustment due to the neighbours at the apartment. A nice family really -- he from Germany and she from Italy, with two children (Kate and Jack's ages) -- travelling with an old school friend of his, they left us all feeling ...
Love Florence!
... less chaotic than they are in Italy. Fingers crossed for me everyone!
Oh I keep forgetting to mention, little kids are so cute over here. They are all dressed up in one piece ski suits with hoods. Most of them are so puffy that they can’t put their arms down or their legs together so they waddle around like little starfish, its very cute to see.
And… we have to learn to ask for hot chocolate with milk, the number of times when we ...