Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos Sigh, today is our last day in Italy and I am very sad for it all to end. Doris, Jessica and I head down to breakfast and met up with the others for breakfast. At 9:30am we say goodbye to those leaving for […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos I woke before my alarm to beautiful Tuscan sunshine streaming through the shutters. Gosh it is beautiful here, and I really don’t want to leave! I met the group in the dining room and, as always, everyone was engaged in lively conversation as […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos 11km with 120M of ascent Walter promptly arrives just before 9am, cheerful as ever and we are off on time. We are heading south to the castle keep of Tentennano, locally known as Rocca D’Orcia. I am on the easier walk with 11 […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos Today is the free day for us to do as we please and many have decided it is a good day to explore the town of San Quirico. Others have gone to San Gimignano, I along with 6 others have booked a taxi […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos 9.5km 270M ascent Buongourno! The routine continues 7am alarm and off to breakfast. Today’s journey takes the group by bus to the gorgeous hilltop town of Pienza (my personal favourite!). Pienza was once a small village named Corsignana, where Pope Plus II was […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos Buonjourno Following breakfast we are all ready at 9am for our transfer to Siena, however it doesn’t show until 10am – apparently the driver slept in! Walter wouldn’t have done that. Not to worry, we still arrived in Siena in plenty of time […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos 9.5km, 180m elevation Up at the usual time of 7am. So nice to finally be on this time zone! Walter and our bus are here promptly at 9am. A beautiful drive over narrow winding Tuscan roads up to Montalcino at 700m. Montalcino is […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos 6.5km 130M in elevation Today is our first hiking day and we are all excited to get going! We start with a exploration walk in old San Quirico, a gorgeous little town built in medieval times, surrounding walls intact. From here we walk […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos I slept in until 6:30 today – yay! Showered and dressed I went down early for breakfast and met up with others as they came down. Today is our transfer day to San Quirico and we are all excited to reach our […]
Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos I awoke at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep so eventually just got up and headed down for breakfast. Several people have arrived early to Pisa, so we spend several hours catching up and hearing of their adventures so far. Lynne and […]
