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Florence

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  We left this morning at 8:45 and travelled 1.5 hours into Florence.  We had to say goodbye to our bus  driver, Constantino, once he dropped us off at the hotel.  We were sad to see him go as he was such a wonderful driver and person. We couldn’t check in yet so we left all of our bags locked in a room and set out on an orientation tour with Laura.  She walked us along the River, past the Pointe Vecchio, into the Piazza Della Signoria and down to see the Duomo and Baptistry. This was really just a free day in Florence so everyone headed off in different directions for the rest of the day.  Some went to the Academy Museum to see “David”, some went back to check out the piazzas and churches that we walked by and others checked out the street market and did some people watching.  It was a beautiful day but very busy, very different from the slow pace that we had grown used to. This evening we will regroup and go for our farewell dinner.  We leave fo...
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Montalcino

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  We got to sleep in, again! I love the slowed down pace of this tour!     It’s another sunny day, a bit cooler but still beautiful! We drove towards Montalcino, one of my favourite areas of Tuscany!    The bus dropped us off and we completed a 6 km hike in about 2 hours. I can’t even put it into words, it was so spectacular!    The best part is that the hike was predominantly on a slight downhill slope, with just a short section at the end that was steep and precarious! We ended our hike at the Abbey of St Antimo. This beautiful Abbey was in a gorgeous Tuscan setting! From there we drove about 20 minutes to the town of Montalcino, another beautiful hilltop town. This area is famous for the Brunello de Montalcino wine, some of the best wine in the world.  We had 1.5 hours to explore the town. There is a fortress at the top of the hill where you can go up on the top of the walls to get a spectacular view of the town and surrounding countryside. I d...
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