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Day 44 – July 2, 2024 – Edinburgh, Scotland After a good night’s sleep, we met up for breakfast at about 7:45 in the hotel dining room. The hotel is neat in that it only has 18 rooms, and they are all unique. The owners do breakfast and lunch only, but you can do a […]

Day 43 – July 1, 2025 – Florence, Italy to Edinburgh, Scotland We enjoyed a great last breakfast (and cappuccino!) in Florence and then had a taxi drive us to the airport. Our flight to Amsterdam was supposed to leave at noon but we were delayed taking off. Apparently, Florence only has one runway, so

Day 42 – June 30, 2025 – Foiano to Florence, Italy This morning we had a good breakfast, packed up the car, said our goodbyes to Lorenzo (not sure where Fiorella was, but told him to tell her goodbye and thank you for everything!) and drove to Florence where we are staying the night before

Day 41 – June 29, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Today we headed to Castiglione del Lago, which is about a 30-minute drive from the villa. It is on the western shore of Lake Trasimeno and is in the Umbria region of Italy. It is officially listed as one of the “most beautiful villages” in Italy.

Day 40 – June 28, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Today was a chill day and it was great! We all walked into town and had our coffees and then headed back to the villa. We got laundry started, John was getting caught up on some work, and I worked on the blog. Most of the

Day 39 – June 27, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Today is our last trip with Barbara ☹ We have thoroughly enjoyed her, and she has been amazing with taking care of everything for us. She has been a very special part of our time here in Foiano! I forgot to mention that on Wednesday she

Day 38 – June 26, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Happy Birthday to me! Another year down and another beautiful day planned in Italy! We headed out about 10 am to Chiusure, in the commune of Asciano, where we went to the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. The birth of this monastery is linked to the

Day 37 – June 25, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Barbara came and picked us up at about 10 am this morning and we headed to Montalcino, where we were taken to the Patrizia Cencioni winery. We were met by our guide, Angelica, who told us it’s family-run and women-owned with the owner Patricizia and her

Day 36 – June 24, 2025 – Foiano, Italy This morning John, Kristin and I took a 40-minute walk and we showed her the way we usually go to town for our coffee. We have a 10:30 appointment at the winery so time did not allow us to walk all the way into town and

Day 35 – June 23, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Slow picture day, just saying, lol!!!!!! John and I walked into town this morning for our usual coffee/pastry, and it was hopping. On Monday’s there is a market in the ZTL area where vendors put out clothes, food, etc. for the morning. We had our drinks

Day 34 – June 22, 2025 – Foiano, Italy This morning, we decided to head to one of the other towns in the Val di Chiana region, Monte San Savino. Monte San Savino is another medieval town located in the province of Arezzo. It is nestled on a ridge overlooking the Chiana Valley, it is

Day 33 – June 21, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Happy Summer Solstice Day! We had a slow morning and then headed to Fierli, the butcher shop, for our farm tour at 11am. We met Nicola, who is a fourth-generation farmer, and he took us to where they raise the Chianina cattle as well as the

Day 32 – June 20, 2025 – Foiano, Italy There was nothing planned today, so a leisurely morning. John got some work done and I caught up on the notes for the blog to get up to date. The picture’s part and posting them to the blog will take some time. I suggested going to

Day 31 – June 19, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Catherine and Scott headed out about 9:30 this morning and we had a great time while they were here. Hoping they have a safe journey to Bologna as well as a safe flight to Greece. We needed to get a few things from the Coop plus

Day 30 – June 18, 2025 – Foiano, Italy This morning, we took a trip to Siena with Catherine & Scott as they had never been before, and we really enjoyed the town when we were there previously. Barbara told us there was a market and where to park but we could not find any