Aya Sofia! Hagia Sohia. It was constructed in the 530′s AD on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. Then when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, it was converted into a mosque. [MORE...]
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Florence! After exploring the vineyard, we decided it was too bleak to remain in the country, so into Florence we roared!
Saturday, 5 December 2009
After Siena, we drove to our next destination.Castello di Quercelo, a vineyard near Greve in Chianti. [MORE...]
Saturday, 5 December 2009
We met up with my lovely sister Liz and her cool collected toyboy Jake in Fiumicino Airport in Rome. We hired a VW Passat station wagon, bypassed Rome and headed straight for Siena. Thankfully guided by the “B!tch” – the GPS unit my Dad had asked Liz to buy. [MORE...]
Friday, 4 December 2009
Well! I had to do this one as a separate blog. Food in Tuscany is good. It is very good. As you would expect, Tuscan food is very different to French food I rave about in previous blog. Maybe not as rich and elegant, but it tasted so good! [MORE...]