I’m ready to go’
2023年10月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I’ve got my boarding pass. All set to fly in about 24 hours!
Leaving Colorful Colorado today
2023年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
It was 39 degrees when I took my walk this morning before heading to DIA.
We board in an hour.
2023年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
On the plane!
2023年10月22日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
In Frankfurt, Germany
2023年10月22日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Scary policemen and customs agents. Striped planes!
We have a 4-hour layover here.
It is noon Germany time and 4 am Denver time…
Arriving in Florence, Italy
2023年10月22日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We arrived in Florence as the sun was setting and the half moon was rising brightly. Again we saw funny-looking planes…
At the Florence train station
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Somehow we were able to get tickets for a team that took us from the airport to the train station in Florence. At the train station we discovered that it cost 1 euro (approximately 1 dollar) to useもっと詳しく
Breakfast at our hotel!
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Our “free” breakfast! Amazing!
Morning walk in Sienna
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Our hotel backed up to a large soccer stadium.
Our 3-hour Food Tour with Claudia
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Claudia spent 3 hours with us telling us about the history of Siena, the famous horse races twice a year here, and the world famous food and wine of Siena.
Tour walking between courses
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The streets of the city center were narrow and hilly.
Notice the different sized legs of the tables in the street.
Breakfast wine!
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first tasting stop was for white wine and pan croissant: a breakfast cake/bread.
City Center of Siena
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The highest point in Siena contained the main cathedral and duomo.
Main course is their lunch
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Red wine and pasta (large spaghetti noodles with cheese and pepper)
Important horse race
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Twice a year there is a crazy horse race run three times around this plaza to see which neighborhood (represented by a horse) will win the competition.
Train to Montepulciano
2023年10月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Montepulciano is one hour by train from Siena. It is high up on a hill with beautiful views of the surrounding Tuscan countryside. We will be here for two nights.
Walking from Pienza to Montepulciano
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The next day we enjoyed breakfast at a lovely restaurant in Montepulciano. Then a driver picked us up with just our backpacks and drove us 10 miles to Pienza. Pienza is a beautiful old town high up onもっと詳しく
Our hike took us 5 hours to walk 9.5 mil
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Beautiful overcast day with a warm breeze.
And then it rained
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
But for less than an hour. But we were SOAKED!!
Arriving in Montepulciano
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
The rain stopped and we finished up our hike, arriving at Montepulciano at 2:15 pm.
After our hike
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
We showered and put on dry clothes and walked through Montepulciano at 4:30 pm looking for a nice dinner. But the restaurants here were all closed from 2:30 pm till 7:00 pm. And we were hungry andもっと詳しく
First night in Montepulciano
2023年10月24日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We had a big, quiet bed&breakfast room in Montepulciano for two nights. Only two spots to plug in our phones, so Vicki’s “office” was in the bathroom…
Very high ceilings!
We played Quiddlerもっと詳しく
Wednesday morning breakfast
2023年10月25日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Another “complete” breakfast in Montepulciano!
A 6-mile walk to Acquavivs
2023年10月25日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We walked through the beautiful countryside of Tuscany for 6 miles to Acquaviva.








































































































旅行者Excited about that new suitcase 🙂