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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... the cathedral is well worth the visit. In our case, we managed to get there early afternoon—just in time for lunch. Lunch took far longer than it should have—I have no explanation for why that was, but since it was a very cold day we were happy to be inside where it was warm and where a glass of red wine was hitting the spot. We quite literally had to run from lunch to the cathedral and on to the train station . . . only to discover that the train ...
An afternoon of olives
... the net to gather the olives all in one spot, Dump the olives into a bucket, then into a burlap bag, and heave the bag over your shoulder and carry it up the hill. Nothing to it! We breaked for lunch. I ate the biggest plate of pasta in my life! Spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce, made with homegrown tomatoes. Delizioso! Also fresh formaggio (pecorino) and red wine. Then back to work until 4pm or so. It's fun so ...
Io Arrivo!
... speak little of Italian. So it leads to short sentence conversations that are lots of fun and definitely sincere on both our parts. Actually I do remembr some of the words I learned, and being "forced" to speak it is the best way for me to learn. That's it for now. Off to walk up the hill to Lisa & Helena's to harvest olives! Having grande tempo! Ciao! ...
To Montalcino via Pienza
... was a small dark room with large casks made form Slovinian oak from Croatia. This oak was used because it imparted little oak flavor allowing most of the flavor of the aging wine to come from the grapes alone. They preferred reusing the barrels subsequently the barrels were very old some from the beginning of Brunello, in the 1800s. The next room was the bottle aging room which was small as well, the tour guide was very clear about how small a production all wines on ...
Tuscany!
... Maria), and Dymph's husband Mick. We had a good look around at Florence. We saw the open air museum with the sculptures spotted here and there, the ancient leather market and the Accademia where Michaelangelo's statue of David is on display. The statue is pretty awesome!
Then we catch the train to Siena and to the hotel where we are staying for the next few ...
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