9/10/12 Organic cooking class  at Tavarnellie We left here at 9 to be there by 10.30 a.m, peeing  down rain,great day to do this class. Arrived,on time to be meet by Silvio, Saraenella and  of course the main chef Manuela. Introduction over we begin,our first thing to do was for each to prepare their pasta, we given enough flour, eggs and olive oil to mix together which in turn creates the pasta base, it is just like making mud pies, this now has to sit for...

8/10/12 Siena day 3 We awoke the this morning to find the the whole area covered in a Blanket of fog, we're lucky to be able to see 10 feet in front of us. I thought to myself, that is great,it is hard enough to drive as it is, now to drive in fog, you got to be dreaming. We waited about an hr and the fog seemed to lift a little ,so away we went, we going to see a village by the name of Siena. The drive was much better as the girl Shirley and Di were better a...

7/10/12 Day two of the Tuscany adventure, big night before all the group have a well deserved sleep in , this tranquil place has allowed us to fall back and regroup. Most are awake by the 8.00 to 8.30 time frame but still a bit sluggish, by 10.00, everyone is ready to set off  in different directions. One of our friend went bike riding about 8.00 and was missing for 3hrs, he had taken the wrong turn and wound up a winery a long way from the villa,around about 1...