Category Archives: Tuscany Travel
Tuscan windows
Posted on: 24th June 2018| By: MarielleJust not ready to be quite finished with Italy yet so . . . a gallery of windows from our sojourn in this lovely place.
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Arrivederci to our appartamento
Posted on: 24th June 2018| By: MarielleJust as we depart I leave you with a few pictures of our apartment in Acquacalda just outside Siena and our favourite nearby coffee shop, Sclava, a bakery, patisserie, deli and pizzeria all rolled into one. The locals loved it too. There I discovered a sublime crumbly almond cookie that went wonderfully with a very…
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San Galgano chapel & abbey
Posted on: 24th June 2018| By: MarielleA particularly friendly (and pretty) Italian server at our favourite neighbourhood pasticceria and panetteria (superb espressos!) asked us if we’d visited the monastery of San Galgano, tut-tutting when we shook our heads. So that’s where we drove today, roughly an hour out of our tiny settlement, Acquacalda, on the outskirts of Siena. I found the…
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Radda streets
Posted on: 22nd June 2018| By: MarielleJust as we’re getting to say Prego, Grazie and Arrivederci with aplomb, it’s time to move on! Not sure I’m ready to say Ciao to Italy just yet … But still a couple of days of exploring, so back to Radda we go to delve a little deeper into this rustic village. Our meandering countryside…
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Radda shopping
Posted on: 22nd June 2018| By: MarielleThe village itself, wrapped within castle walls, is tiny. In fact, most of the ancient and medieval stone structures and walls, including the castle, were devastated in various feudal wars, so much of the stonework has been since reconstructed. But its sense of containment makes it a pretty spot to amble through. And the Italian…
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Colle di Val d’Elsa
Posted on: 22nd June 2018| By: MarielleVery serendipitous when you chance upon unexpected pretty villages while on your way to another pretty village … then you’re completely waylaid with all well-intentioned plans tossed peremptorily into the vineyards. That’s what happened to us as we drove past Colle di Val d’Elsa. And Elsa’s not a girl, by the way. She’s a river….
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Monochrome study
Posted on: 21st June 2018| By: MarielleFlorence in black and white . . . Look at that crush of people!
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Florence street style
Posted on: 21st June 2018| By: MarielleNever mind the crush of people. There’s a crush of motorcycles too. But there’s also elegance and style and funkiness. And roadworks chaos.
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