tuscany countryside
we rented a car in florence and drove to a small village about 20 miles to the north called vicchio. we stayed at an amazing olive oil resort called villa campestri. it was glorious. the weather was beautiful, the food was delicious and we had quite the adventure driving around all the towns, mountains and of course the auto strada. so much fun!
towns in tuscany and emilia-romagna
we drove around some of the nearby towns. this was scarperia which is famous for making knives. we should have bought a set, but were paranoid about traveling through airports with them (since we took only carry on bags). lovely little town.
this is a tower in the town of forli, which was featured in assassins creed, so we had to make that trip. there were a lot of times when j said to me "many men, i have killed many men on that tower".
this is me thinking... "that's nice honey"
this is also forli. this basially says 'don't park your bike here'. i love italy.
this is in ravenna, famous for mosaics. this is a very old grape vine inside an even older basilica.
firenze... aka the best city in the world
again with the "...many men..."
food... mmm food...
those are porcini mushrooms, very hard to find where we live. it was porcini season when we happened to be there. awesome!
and, finally, our crap rental car... the infamous fiat 500.
we had an amazing time. and we're planning our next adventure...
