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Category Archives: Tuscany
Sated Yet?
There’s a saying in my hubby’s parents’ hometown in the Philippines that when one is overfull from eating (0r overeating), one becomes sad (malungkot). My hubby likes to call the state, “post-prandial triste.” Somehow, it seems apt. There is the … Continue reading
Posted in Cannes, Florence, Florence, Food, France, French Food, italian food, Italy, Monty Python Film, Movies, The Meaning of Life, Travel
Tagged Chianti Classico, DPCHallenge, Food, French Macarons, Italian Cookies, John Cleese, Monty Python, postaweek 2013, The Meaning of Life movie, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Volterra: Not Just For Twi-hards and Oenophiles
One of the last towns we visited in our week in Tuscany was the town of Volterra. According to Rick Steves*, this vibrant and history-laden town was recently in the international limelight because it was used as the backdrop for … Continue reading
Posted in Isole e Olena, italian Wine, Italy, Travel, travel with Friends, Tuscany, Volterra, Wine
Tagged Alabaster art, Chianti Classico, Etruscan History, Isole e Olena, Postaweek2012, Rick Steves, Travel, Tuscany, Volterra, Wine
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Weekly Writing Challenge: A Splash of Color
Weekly Writing Challenge: Splash of Color Palio di Siena (or Il Palio) is a very old but still observed festival in Siena at least twice a year. The tradition dates back to medieval times. It is a horse race where the … Continue reading
Posted in Italian Horse Race, Italy, Palio di Siena, Siena, Travel, travel with Friends, Tuscany
Tagged Contrada, Contrade of Siena, DPCHallenge, Horse racing, Palio di Siena, Piazza del Campo, Postaweek2012, Siena, Travel, Tuscany
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Tuscan Heat
There’s nothing like being “Under the Tuscan Sun,” as the book goes. Well, I have to say that the Tuscan sun was beating down on us for the first three days of our trip. Think of highs in the 104 … Continue reading
Posted in Florence, Travel, travel with Friends, Tuscany
Tagged Borgo I Vicelli Villas, Florence, Postaweek2012, Travel, Tuscany, Vacation
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I’d Really Like To Do This One Day
A few days ago, the daily post challenge was to write about something we always talk about but never do. http://wp.me/p23sd-EG I thought about all the things I say I’d like to see, hear, experience, acquire, and I thought, I … Continue reading
Posted in italian food, Provence, Travel, Tuscany
Tagged Avignon, Cinque Terre, Da Vinci, House of Medici, Les Baux-de-Provence, Lucca, Pisa, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Provence, Travel, Tuscany
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