Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Florence…

Duomo Florence! After exploring the vineyard, we decided it was too bleak to remain in the country, so into Florence we roared!

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Saturday, 5 December 2009

Tuscan Vineyards and Autumn Country Side

Autumn colours! After Siena, we drove to our next destination.Castello di Quercelo, a vineyard near Greve in Chianti. [MORE...]

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Siena

Liz & DJWe 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

Tuscan Food – Is good!

Oh my God! Gorgonzola melted on lovely bread with black truffles...

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...]