Toscana - Tuscany

Tuscany....To me it brought images of villas, cobbled streets,little old ladies, and good wine! I must say i was not dissapointed!!!

Florence (above) was a busy town! We waited three hours in line to see Michaelangelos David, and decided that was going to be our art experience of Italy. It was magnificent! We could have probably spent weeks in florence and gone to a different museum or gallery every day, but alas....why???
After Florence was pisa...and yes as you can see i posed for the cheesy holding up the tower picture! ha! we hopped off, saw the tower and hopped back on the train here!
Typical tuscan doorway..i love it! doesnt it just make you wonder whats inside??
HAHA..we hired a scooter for the day today and zipped around the tuscan countryside. Only one near death crash....no truly i did make us fall over as i was trying to make a u-turn, and we broke off the foot rest..hehe..good thing they dont inspect to closely on return!
Wine countryWe met this lady because we drove up a tiny gravel road trying to find a winery! We asked her (in our halted italian) if she had wine to taste. She led us into a cellar building where there were two barrels and gave me some in a kitchen cup! It was pretty good. we asked if she had bottles and she proceeded to take an empty bottle from a bucket a pour out some old drops of wine from the bottom, then wash it out in a barrel in the back. This is when we saw the cockraoch crawling on the floor and thought hmmm...maybe i dont want wine from this little old italian lady! She was so nice though so we had to gt a picture!This is san gigmignano or whats called midevil dysneyland! it was cool, lots of towers and had great views on the countryside. Besides the bigger cities like florence, pisa, sienna, Tuscany is dotted with these villages that have become tourist meccas, and then there are private villas you see around as well amoung the fields! all is so beautiful! It is our last night here tonight and tomorow we head to the chinque terre for a hike, and then on to the Italian riviera! Will i ever want to go back to real life???

A few pics from my travels...

This is on top of the Duomo (huge cathedral) in Milan...so many spires and gargoyles!
Milan means shopping!! We went into one of the stores and got looked up and down then followed around like we were thieves!!! yes they could tell we were not in our normal territory...haha
Venice!!!! i loved venice....
This is positano...we had a fabulous meal here and went on a boat tour along the entire amalfi coast with many towns like this one! we stayed in one about 30 mminutes from here that looked similar! lots of walking up and down the streets!!
The colloseum...need i say more? so amazing! huge too, as most of the buildings in rome were! well, there will be more to come, but this is a taste for now! Ciao!!

Buanjourno from Rome!!!

hello my friends! I sit hear sweating....yes sitting and sweating is a common occurance here in Italy...in fact i havent quit sweating since i got here! :) im a little pink as well......seems my spf 45 isnt strong enough!! sorry this will be short, but we are off to see one more sight in rome and then need to catch a train to tuscany where we will be spending four glorious days seing the countryside...and maybe trying out the local "juice" ;) I am loving italy so much....the people, the language, the scenery...it has all exceeded my expectations! God has been an amazing shelter to us as well! There have definitely been some times we have been in dodgy situations..like an overnight train in the same cabin with crazies, or getting lost in Rome at 2 in the morning, or not knowing where to go in the prostitute area of milan!!! yes God is with us!!! I havent tried putting pictures onto a computer yet....but i may, so keep checking for updates with some visions of italian countryside! love to all!!