Monday, July 22, 2013

Tuscany Photos

While our boat is at Island Packet Yachts for ReFit, we are at home...
After our group tour of Italy, we stayed one more week in the Tuscany area to tour the wine country. We rented a condo via RCI in the beautiful hillside town of Loro Cuiffenna with waterfalls and street side cafes and bakeries. From this location, we drove (over 1,000 km.) into the Chianti Region and tour vineyards and hilltop towns from the 11th century! Italy, a wonderful place to get lost...

Here are some photos of the Tuscany Area:

A Cappuccino Girl is BORN.....oh NO! 
San Gimignano, a walled hilltop city from the 13 century
Local restaurant in San Gimignano
Typical Tuscany Meal, meat and salad
San Gimignano meal, Tuscany, meat and beans.....
and you thought it was all pasta in Italy
San Gimignano Piazza, center of town
Our little town, Loro Cuiffenna where we spent a week

Our little town, Loro Cuiffenna looking down the river
Our little town, Loro Cuiffenna and the BROOM MAKER....look close (see next pic)
Our little town, Loro Cuiffenna broom shop
Olive Trees are every where
Typical Tuscany Driving view
Overlook view from a hilltop town
Beautiful architectural details
Oldest wine cellar in Montepulciano: Cantine Redi
1200 years old!
ahhhhh   Montepulciano: Cantine Redi
Walking the streets of Montepulciano
The view from Montepulciano
Montepulciano the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, 1594-1680 A.D.
Montepulciano the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, 1594-1680 A.D.
The street of LOVE :-)
Departing our little town....our stay has ended..
We are sad to leave Italy :-(

This has been a wonderful 24 day adventure. We shot 3,000 photos and shared our best 25 or more. We hope you have enjoyed the photos. Thank you for traveling along with us.


Here is our Google MAP of this trip:
Zoom into ITALY to see the locations.


Our ITALY PHOTOS on PICASA



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