Today we are off to learn about cheese and wine (yes – more wine). Our destination for cheese is in the Val d’Orcia valley near Pienza. It is a local farm called Podere Il Casale https://www.facebook.com/podereilcasale.pienza We sat in the dining room as Ulisse explained to us the process of making “pecorino” sheep cheese. The amazing… Read More »
Today we spent the day shopping for groceries, cooking, drinking wine, eating and drinking wine. By the way – my clothes are starting to get tight. We met our chef “Laura” at a small town called Castellina. We bought the meat at a local butcher: and the produce was purchased at a local market: Here… Read More »
Well folks, it has only taken 5 days but I finally got my Gelato and it was delicioso (is that Italian?). In the morning we left for Arezzo. We entered the town at the top of the city and walked our way down. The top of the city was pretty quiet with a church and… Read More »
Today involved wine, food with wine and more wine. We spent the day in the Chianti region. Our first stop was at the cellars of Castello de Verrazzano located near Greve in Chianti. The grounds and views from this winery were amazing. You could see forever. We had a tour of the winery then spent… Read More »
I have great intentions (cough, cough). When I get home I hope to “Start” and actually finish a scrapbook of the trip. If I blog the details each day, I will be able to use the blog to scrapbook the trip. If I don’t write them down – I will never remember them all. We… Read More »
Part of the reason for being neglegent in blogging is because I was getting ready for my Treasures of Tuscany trip. I MADE IT. After flying Toronto to Rome and then catching a connecting flight to Florence than a 45 minute drive south to the Chianti Region – we are tucked away into our Villa… Read More »
Can you believe that Summer is almost over? I know there are still a few weeks left and the weather has finally turned nice (it has only taken 3 months!) but with the kids going back to school tomorrow – it is the unofficial end to Summer. Where did it go? Tomorrow the School buses… Read More »
Yes I feel guilty. I haven’t blogged in ages – I haven’t even gone in to check my blog or visit others. As the youngins say …. ‘my bad’. I was at my G-nephews first birthday yesterday – gotta love babies. As tradition has it – he had his own birthday cake and he got… Read More »
Yesterday morning I had to be at the dealership at 9:30 am to get my car serviced. It is located in uptown Toronto so I decided when I was done that I would head to downtown Toronto to have lunch with my Sister’s MIL at the hospital. She had her meal and I had a… Read More »
Note to self…. if you buy an external hard drive make sure you back up on a regular basis. Before I get into the computer stuff – I spent a good chunk of the day at the Hospital downtown visiting with my sister’s MIL. She is in good spirits but I am sure the cast… Read More »