2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025

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

Day 29 – June 17, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Barbara came and got us about 9:30 am and then drove us to the town of Civita di Bagnoregio, nicknamed the “dying city”. We made a stop before getting to the town, but you can see it from the magnificent views all around. “Civita di Bagnoregio

Day 28 – June 16, 2025 – Foiano, Italy After a quick breakfast, we started our day trip to San Marino.  It is a lovely drive through twisty, curvy scenery, which is why it takes so long to get there. You really can’t speed up in the mountains, lol! A little history on San Marino

Day 27 – June 15, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Went to one of the little villages in the Chiana region, called Castiglion Fiorentino, in the province of Arezzo. We walked around for a few minutes then decided to do the museum. We started out in an area that looked like it had at one time

Day 26 – June 14, 2025 – Foiano, Italy This morning was a leisurely morning as we had nothing planned today. We thought about walking into town for our café/cappuccino, but knowing it was Saturday and be busy, we decided not to.  After breakfast we did go to the grocery store for supplies and then

Day 25 – June 13, 2025 – Foiana, Italy This morning, we took a day trip to Lucignano, which is only about 10 miles from the villa. We can see the town from the villa as it sits up higher than where we are. After we parked, we found a bistro (Bar Bistro Fuoriporta) to

Day 23 – June 11, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Today we got up early and headed to San Gimignano for the day, which is about a 1 ½ hour drive. We thought we got there early but parking was crazy, and we basically found a paid parking area and the cars are packed in like

Day 24 – June 12, 2025 – Foiano, Italy Walked into town first thing this morning and John started off with a slice of pizza at one of the local shops. We headed to the little café we’ve visited before and I had my usual cappuccino and a croissant; John had his espresso and some