Monte Oliveto Maggiore / Buonconvento. 3rd September 2011. Wow, we get an extra half an hour sleep this morning before breakfast. The reason we start the walks early is to end the walk before the heat of the day. The day started with a shuttle transfer to the 14th century Abby di Monte Oliveto Maggiore. The Church itself is beautiful and the Abby has some magnificent art work. Only 7 out of the 11 of us do the 10 kilometer walk from this Abby, the others retur...

Buonconvento, Tuscany, Italy. 2nd September 2011. After another fabulous breakfast out group are ready for another 11 kilometer walk. Two members Aunty Mary and Peter Finney have the day off and are transferred to Fattoria Pieve a Salti where we will join them in the early afternoon. Breakfast includes cereals, fruit, coffee, tea, proscuito, provolone, milk, yogurt, pastries and fruit juices. Our walk commenced from Resta and we had 11 kilometers of rolling v...