I have been trying to get to Bagni di Lucca ever since we first looked at Pieve di Cerreto. A couple of times we’ve driven through the town. In May, we actually parked and walked around, and tried to walk up to the Terme. Today, with Jenn’s get-up-and-go, we finally made it. And I discovered […]
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Posted 27 July 2007
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vernazza was beautiful, but definiitely go any month other than july or august. Walking to the village from the parking lot. XIII c. Church with copper organ pipes On the Tower, Bella didn’t want to climb up The sea water is beautiful! Water polo in the harbor Wish you were here!!
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Posted 27 July 2007
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Yesterday we had a real thunderstorm! it started raining on my way home at 6 am from Lucca (after dropping jenn off at the train) and in a couple hours it was pouring and i had to run outside to gather up the laundry. after the rain, the day ended up being a perfect cool […]
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Posted 26 July 2007
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while making my polenta yesterday, i realized i didn’t have anything to measure out 250 ml of water, so i guessed from a water bottle, but the ones i could find were the 1.5 liter size (yes, jenn drinks a lot of water), and were very curvy so it was a little difficile to eyeball […]
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Posted 25 July 2007
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i made very vegan polenta today with my new scale. the peaches are from my neighbor, who very kindly looked after my basil plant while we were gone last weekend.
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Posted 24 July 2007
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This morning we managed a tour of Napoleon’s house and Forte Stella in Portoferraio before getting on the Moby back to Piombino. This time we made a note of which door we parked by on the ferry. On the first trip over, we couldn’t find our car!
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Posted 23 July 2007
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I picked up this beautiful Olive wood salad bowl in Siena on Friday just before heading out of town. The shop smelled wonderful! When I got home, I oiled with some of our older EVOO (since I have nothing else…) and the scent of the oil on the wood was amazing! I went ahead and […]
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Posted 23 July 2007
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Did you think Isola d’Elba would be a beautifully preserved landmark of history? Well, we haven’t seen all of it, but so far the main port town, Portoferraio, reminds me of Catalina and Miami beach combined. Not super quaint. Big pretty white rocks on the beach. Mediocre tourist food. The restaurant we landed in for […]
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Posted 23 July 2007
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This is where we’re staying tonight! Very peaceful… a little new-agey, but definitely beautiful. Dinner will be served at 8. Before arriving here, we stopped in San Gimignano, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. The town is a little too well preserved though, not many locals and the streets have zero debris on them. […]
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Posted 20 July 2007
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