Only Footprints

We are now transferring a bit further south to Lucignano. This is a tiny village and they seem to be having a celebration for the emergency services from the surrounding villages. It is a big affair with lots of flags and trumpet playing and we happen to witness the tail end of that. We are… Continue reading Lucignano- Southern Tuscany

Today we go to Pisa. As Tanya says it is quite remarkable that so many people feel compelled to visit what is in fact an engineering oopsy. This time no elevators required and we get easy parking close to the piazza. Having said that,  the complex is really impressive, they clearly put lots of effort… Continue reading The engineering marvel of Pisa

To the east of where we are staying spreads the famous Chianti region. When we examine the map roads seem to travel from north to south with not many traversing across implying significant flow of mountains or hills. All the roads show extreme tortuosity and we decide that this is too much of a challenge… Continue reading A quick explore of Chianti

We are not that far away from Siena and we plan to visit today, it is a nice straight road to get there:) and no hills until we arrive.  Just as we start coming into town I look up information on parking and there is a recommendation for the Santa Caterina station. This is recommended… Continue reading Siena

André does an early morning start to check out the photo opportunities around our little town and comes back with a gorgeous panorama. We settle into our usual breaky and plan the route for the day. This is as we leave our little home. We plan to take back roads and visit a couple of… Continue reading Exploring the surrounding towns of Certaldo

Today is a little travel day, we pick up a car, which this time André will be driving and we move out of Florence to a tiny village called Certaldo in Northern Tuscany. Luca from our cooking class when we mentioned we were coming here, told us it was his favourite town and the next… Continue reading Our first Day in Certaldo

Tanya and I have been looking forward to this “experience” as Luca and Lorenzo call it since we enquired about it last year. We meet Luca and the rest of the group, another 6 people at the train station for the short ride to their property just outside Florence in the Tuscan hills Lastra a… Continue reading Our cooking experience with Luca and Lorenzo