Villa Il Maggio Sarteano

Val d'Orcia Sarteano, Tuscany, Italy

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Suzie’s Yard: much ado about olives

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

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... but relatively slow and methodical; such that you only realise you’re completely exhausted once you stop. Large nets are carefully laid out on the ground, before the ‘clappers’ begin their work. The clappers are every seven year-old boy’s dream – long poles with huge, yellow combs of teeth that sound like machine guns. They effectively slap the olives from the branches extremely quickly but causing minimal damage to the tree.

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How to make Homemade pasta & pizza?

A travel blog entry by ltraveldesigner

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... a big “spaghetto”. Leave them to dry on a wooden board under some flour. Cook them in salted water and season it with the sauce.

For the sauce: Wash the vegetables, peel the carrots, the onion and the garlic and chop them together. Stir-fry them in a deep pan with oil and basil. Cook it on a high flame for about 3 minutes, then add the chopped or squeezed tomatoes. Let them cook for about half an hour on a low flame.


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From Pienza to Montichello

A travel blog entry by nishaparmar

... miserably).
- Drank again (this would be my third time being drunk in a 24 hour period)
- Danced.
- Danced.
- Danced.

Our last night in Cortona was a very special one. This morning we bid adieu to our tour group and jumped the train for Rome. Made it to our very glorious hotel (roof top patio with an amazing view of the Vatican!!) and enjoyed another spectacular meal. You would think by now I would be tired of this outrageous wine and non ...

Porcini, Vino and Tango

A travel blog entry by nishaparmar

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... it would be a pity not to mingle with the locals (or learn to tango in the streets, but that's another story :).

Oh - saw Bramasole today! I'll have to post some pics of that soon. Very cool to see the actual home where Diane Lane filmed Under the Tuscan Sun. Nothing like I would have expected. A nice wake up call that everything we see in the movies isn't always quite real - but neat ...

Enjoy the read

A travel blog entry by sasi_lassies

... paths that were lined with old olive trees to a lookout on the wall passing budding / hopeful artists displaying their wares as well as painting. Following our map we headed towards the Fonte d'Ovile but the path was really steep and too far away to get back and see other things - back to the square. This time we entered the town hall and decided to climb the tower to check out the 360 degree views. before climbing lots of steps we visited the museum containing statues ...

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