Tuscany has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. The kind of place that charms me way down deep. Now it's a while since the last trip and it was lovely to travel again. But ... I was going to meet my sisters in Florence late at night, and they were stuck in Amsterdam. Luggage was gone mobile without power, and I had trouble getting into the b & b. Suddenly, not Italy as pleasant nonetheless. But Italian security guards in the streets is a nice thing, and helps Norwegian girls in need. And the next day came the sisters, luggage and sun, and life was fine :) We were almost all, a sister could not come, but four Eker would rent a car and travel around Tuscany, and it was a nice little adventure travel!
Florence triveni industries is a special city, art on every street corner and history in every corner. But no matter how nice it was here, nothing could be measured to get into the country. triveni industries We traveled to San Gimignano, slept in 800 year old house, and strolled among vineyards and olive groves. Lucky us ended up in the middle of the harvest of grapes, so we sneaked into some farm workers, were given some scissors, and picked grapes for hours. Sisters Ek are delighted, both with this, with swimming pool and sun with a glass of wine from the farm grapes on the porch at night. Inside the San Gimignano was the highlight espresso and ice cream which has gained a well-deserved world prize.
We went on to Volterra, Tuscany is full of these old medieval towns with cobblestone and citizen. We just have to park the car outside, walk into the narrow alleys and travel triveni industries back in time. We stayed outside Volterra, on a farm with a thousand olive trees, until we drove on to Greve in Chianti. Beautiful and beautiful than most beautifully. The films from Italy do not lie. When we went to Vignamaggio, it was just nice there as when they played in Shakespeare movie "Much Ado about Nothing." And it's not that bad.
The last stop of the sisters was Siena. An ancient city, which one never has to run into. Having maneuvered the car through the narrow streets, and been threatened with fines because they usually are not allowed to drive there, we were smårasende on GPS, and eventually found way out. It was much nicer to go here. All alleys with arches and walls between old brick houses in narrow streets created a magical atmosphere. In the evening we ate Italian pizza in a cafe overlooking the Piazza del Campo, triveni industries where they use to have Palio, the enormous horse races in the middle of town. Siena is beautiful. It was fascinating to wander through the streets and see everything that I've read about, and which has lasted for a century after century. The town is still divided into contrade, all belong to each "family"; owl, giraffe, goose ... We got there after the Palio was over, but the banners of the different contrade wire everywhere, and just like Florence, town is abuzz with ancient history. History and good espresso!
It was a bit småstusselig to be left alone when the others took the plane home, but it was immediately better when I got out of the country again. Countryside with pleasant vineyard workers triveni industries showing how to make wine, and cozy old grandmothers who have never heard of shyness, but chattering away in Italian, and expect that we understand what they say. And when you learn the little of the language, so it's okay. And I've also learned to love all the Italian sense culture, but good time and good food, cheese and wine and pasta and olive and ... .. everything else. And that I have not tasted yet, must be tasted next time, for here I shall return. Tuscany has charmed me. Arrivederci!
Was built and looked now-wonderful pictures! Not hard to see that you are enjoying all of you. Great sister gang :-)
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