tuscany.
i love it! beautiful.
first we stopped at a resort
you can get a villa for $4500 a night
no big deal
the campus is 5 times the size of central park
the resort also has a winery from their own vineyards
the wine is aged in these barrels for 2-3 years
(apparently you can taste the wood from the barrel...i'm definitely no connoisseur)
ashley and me in the club members' wine storage room
dear all my nat-geo fans, i'm a wanna be
then we went to the town of montelcino
it's famous for its wine called "brunello di montalcino"
naturally i got a glass of wine to drink with my pb&j that i had packed for lunch
epic
dear reb, remember when you ate jelly sandwiches because you kept forgetting to buy pb?
next we headed to sienna...
wine tasting
1 white, 2 reds
i liked them all
the chigi palace in sienna
the latin above the well reads "reach for the stars"
or some equivalent
duomo of sienna
black & white marble stripes
dear melissa, i : ceilings :: you : flowers.
we climbed a million tiny stairs
to see...
a birds-eye view of sienna!
it reminds me of pinocchio (which by the way was set in italy)
the clock struck noon when we were up there
& the bells went wild
next we headed to florence
here is the duomo of florence & giotto's tower on the right
"duomo" just means italian cathedral
that's why there are so many of them
orsanmichele
a church that used to be a grain market
there are 14 niches with patron saint statues in each
i'm an expert on this place. ask me anything.
the "favid" -kaitlin (the fake david)
the real one is inside the accademia staying drygood move dave
if david is that big, how big would goliath be?
this little boy was sketching next to all the artists
i almost stole him
we waited in line to see the duomo
and it started pouring down rain all of a sudden
here is the duomo from the inside
well, you really can't see much
whoops
then we saw a shoe museum
for the fashion girls
a lot of shoes in glass cases
then to the leather school
florence is the leather capital of the world
maybe
geppetto working on his ostrich leather purse
blogger is being weird, so i'll update again soon!
ciao ciao
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