TUSCANY We landed late in Pisa with Emma but we were filled with excitement and anticipated a fun and boozy weekend with all the girls. Soon our chariot arrived and we were whisked away by Patriza and Gundula, for an hour long journey in a cloud of garlic fumes. Gundula thought it wise to consume whole gloves of garlic on her bruschetta before leaving the villa. Yes, we have definitely arrived in Italy. Even though we arrived at the villa in the dead of nig...

Tuscany - 04/09/2010 to 12/09/2010 We arrived at the farmhouse in Lucca after midnight, tired and slightly irritable after losing our way on several occasions. Where was a sat nav when you needed one. After a glass or two of wine everything was right with the world and we fell into bed, looking forward to exploring our surroundings by the light of day. We woke up to sound of the neighboring rooster and brilliant sunshine pouring in...

12 - 16 Aug 2009 Wow sublime tuscany, we spent a week here in August 2009 with Partizia and her cousin Isabelle. We stayed in Villa Poggiale and had our own private annex with views of the Tuscan country side from every room in the house, even whilst sitting on the thrown. As we had a car we did a couple of day trips. We visited Sienna and just missed the famous palio (horse racing) all the colorful flags were decorating the city streets and the atmosphere b...