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Europe Family Trip 2024/2025
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- Jan 1, 2025
- ☁️ 54 °F
- Altitude: 1,053 ft
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Collégiale de San Gimignano 43.468473, 11.04284543°28’7” N 11°2’34” E
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San Gimignano
January 1 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Klaus, Myself, Kyle and Molly drove to San Gimignano. We started at a beautiful vineyard called Tenuta Torciano for a wine tasting and tuscan lunch. The food and wines were delicious and luckily they offered shipping back to Michigan. We then drove to the Medieval town of San Gimignano the town and views were beautiful, everything I picture when I think about the Tuscany region. We explored and had a snack before making our way back to Florence. We grabbed the other two kids and walked to a wine window before making our way to our Pasta and Tiramisu cooking class. We drank prosecco and learned to make Tiramisu, ravioli, and tagliatelle. Once everything was prepared the restaurant cooked the pastas for us with sauce and we sat down with wine and tasted our creations. Back at the condo we started packing for our flight to Frankfurt tomorrow.Read more
Traveler Aww, such a great picture!
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Traveler The pasta looks good even from here! Yum! What a great time together! So happy for all of you to share in this incredible trip!! God bless you all!!
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- Mar 9, 2020, 5:00 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 276 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Monteoliveto 43.46114, 11.0398343°27’40” N 11°2’23” E
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Zehnte Etappe
March 9, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Im Ort wunderten wir uns dann, dass uns die Rad-Route plötzlich in einen Tunnel navigierte. Umso mehr waren wir überrascht, dass es am Ende einen Aufzug gab, der uns dann 40 Meter hoch in die Altstadt brachte 😜.Read more
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Traveler September 1 to Rome and 🤞
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- Oct 6, 2024, 9:17 AM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 207 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Santa Lucia Agriturismo la Fidanza 43.462303, 11.07605843°27’44” N 11°4’34” E
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Day 39 ... 9 October 24
October 6, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Day 1 of my Viterbo to Vetralla of my Via Francigena , was positively excellent.
However after my "3 Orange" service initially cut out, my plans changed.
I should say my 3 Orange service was updated only a few days ago.
There was GigaByte's of data left, being unaware there was no GPS.
Moving on, I found many Italians wanting to help. (See 8th photo). It was resolved. A taxi took me back into beautiful Viterbo. 3 Orange updated my service ☝️. Problem 1 solved, but all this took time.
So this 88YO executed Plan 2.
Yes I succumbed to the luxury of taking the Bus all the way to Vetralla. Relaxed me ... and I'm not ruling Bus services out (one of the huge benifits is that you do get to enjoy these Etruscan villages and Italian friendships,).
Pencil Plans are to walk 17+ Ks to
Capranica Tomorrow☝️
I will comment on some of these photos. Point being I was helped many times by English speaking Italians and I am genuinely grateful. 9th photo is an Italian gentleman who gave me a Bus Ticket to Vetralla!!!
In the photos that follow are a few of these Italian good sumerians. Yes Lucky me.
PS last photo is one of Magic's boy friend in ItalyRead more
Traveler The Macdonald couple who work hard to sort out my 3 Orange problems (the text 3 Orange responses were all in Italian and were not able to be converted using Goggle Translate)
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Traveler Lovely Pasty people helping get directions to a Bank.
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Traveler Narrow Streets. My Taxi driver was reluctant to use them.
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Traveler September 1 to Rome and 🤞
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- Oct 3, 2024, 7:47 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 207 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Santa Lucia Agriturismo la Fidanza 43.462317, 11.07613643°27’44” N 11°4’34” E
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Day 33 Oct 3 and Yes I've enjoyed ...
October 3, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
88 today 🥳. 16 of us enjoyed an extension Wine tour at one of Italy's oldest, large and v impressive Wineries... followed by an impromptu after art evening with Susie and her devoted Wednesday students, 8 of us partied on (we were making a party noise) 🥳
Long story short, I've enjoyed a wonderful Italian 88th BD.
I should add, Susie's Workshop is a rewarding and positive success.
Hopefully I'll attach more photos tomorrow.
Love to you ALL
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Carmel Carlsen HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bruce 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊
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Carmel Carlsen I don't think you have enough wine 😉
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Traveler HaHAAAA ... well in truth we enjoyed some awesome Vino Rosso late into the night 🤣
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Carmel Carlsen Well done. It looks like you had a great time
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Traveler September 1 to Rome and 🤞
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- Oct 5, 2024, 1:22 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 299 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Piazza della Cisterna 43.463625, 11.04254443°27’49” N 11°2’33” E
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Day 36 6 October IL Borgthetto Italy
October 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Did you ever turn left when you should have turned right ?¿?
Brucee did with wonderful results.
The last 3 photos show the Canadian Camino couple I happily met again (when I took the wrong turn) 🤣 Then some kilometers later (again walking back from a wrong turn) this lovely young lady "Sarah" (last photo) stopped her car, asked whether I was lost, (I wasn't, but I was concentrating on checking Goggle Maps), Sarah said "I know IL Borgthetto" Get in the car!
In an all too short time, we enjoyed one of the best short conversations I could ever wish for. Camino delivers🤗 Lucky Brucee
Yesterday we spent the day in San Gimignano... mostly sketching (shopping for some). San Gimignano is a UNESCO World Hermitage site. It is located on a quite high hill. It has 15 of it's medieval towers still standing (originally 72).
Tomorrow, Monday, we leave IL Borgthetto. Many fly home via Milan and other significant cities. Lucky Brucee heads south to VITERBO. The plan there is to walk south to Rome ☝️Read more
Narelle Campbell Just beautiful Bruce.
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Narelle Campbell More new friends!
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Traveler Hi Narelle. Yes that is a lovely young lady Sarah... she insisted on giving me a lift 🥳
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Traveler September 1 to Rome and 🤞
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- Oct 5, 2024, 1:22 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 299 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Piazza della Cisterna 43.463625, 11.04254443°27’49” N 11°2’33” E
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Day 40 10 October 24
October 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I walked today from Vetralla to CAPRANICA. The condition was windy but good. The 1st photo shows you the Via Francigena sign (from San Gimignano) I was hun
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The 2nd (photo) tiny, hard to see, sign on many posts, I missed.
Still I made it to Capranica feeling I should not be stopping so soon.
Capranica has a history back to Etruscan time. Many streets are cobblestone, narrow and their buildings are updated old structures.
My photos are limited in number but I hope of interest to you.
I'm planning the walks and days to arrive in Rome on the 19th.
My flight home leaves pm 22/10. Tomorrow is a short walk to SUTRI .
Lastly the last 3 photos show the Deer signs (I saw none), SMART car ... essential for the limited parking in Italy, and a watercolour I did on the last afternoon.Read more
Carmel Carlsen I love these little cars
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Carmel Carlsen Beautiful 😍
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Traveler Oh WOW Bruce! Magnifico!
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Traveler Hi Pam. That painting was done on the last afternoon... Susie's tutoring paid off 🥰
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Mieze Italien
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- Jan 18, 2023, 10:40 AM
- 🌧 7 °C
- Altitude: 303 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Monteoliveto Museo della Tortura di San Gimignano 43.464067, 11.04235643°27’51” N 11°2’32” E
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WOW!
January 18, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Siena haben wir verlassen und sind durch den Regen nach San Gimignano aufgebrochen. Das war etwas schräg, denn als wir in dieser kleinen Stadt ankamen hatten wir den schönsten Sonnenschein, aber überall auf den Gehwegen lag Restschnee 🤔. Aber das hat uns natürlich nicht abgehalten uns die Stadt der Geschlechtertürme anzuschauen, das „beste Eis der Welt“ zu schlecken und uns mit ein paar Leckereien für zu Hause einzudecken. Happy über diesen Stopp ging es auf direktem Weg nach Florenz….Read more
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- Aug 7, 2023, 8:52 PM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 312 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Monteoliveto Museo della Tortura e della Pena di Morte 43.465809, 11.04228943°27’57” N 11°2’32” E
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San Gimignano - Dinnertime
August 7, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Genau SO kenne ich Italien und liebe es!!!🥰 Il Feudo in SG🥰
Ich halte seit über 10 Jahren losen Kontakt mit einer Italienerin, die mit ihrem Mann ein Restaurant in Siena hatte. Sobald ich in der Nähe war, führte mich mein erster Weg immer zu ihr. Leider musste ich mit Entsetzen feststellen, dass es nicht mehr da war, als ich neulich in Siena war und sie überraschen wollte. 😱 Leider hat es die Pandemie nicht überstanden, ABER ihr Mann, ein begnadeter Koch arbeitet jetzt im Il feudo! Kann ich euch guten Gewissens empfehlen! Ganz tolles Restaurant 😍Read more
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Traveler Also DAS sieht ja wirklich nach GAUMENFREUDE aus - sehr guter Tip, vielen Dank! 😋😋😋
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Traveler Gerne 😊
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Traveler ... und die Preise sind durchaus akzeptabel! 😋👌🙋‍♀️
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Traveler Ja! Absolut! Bin wieder komplett versöhnt mit Italien 🥰😃
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Traveler Freut mich für Dich 👌😘
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Firenze con canzoni Italiane
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- Jul 21, 2024, 5:53 PM
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 343 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Piazza della Cisterna 43.467428, 11.04337143°28’3” N 11°2’36” E
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San Gimignano
July 21, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Samo kratek postanek, ne moreva se mimo odpeljati. Enostavno ne gre 🥹.
Samo... Je res vroč dan, je kar muka vsak korak ekstra... Dobro razumem tele nonote, da jim paše v senčki sedet in vadi Dolce far'niente. 🙂
Ma, naju je vleklo naprej v Volterro, kjer sva si zamislili eno uživaško večerjo.Read more
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Traveler Je bil čas za sladoled?
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Traveler Karmen, a se še spomniš kako je bil dober😉🍦🍨?
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Traveler Mislim, da ne več... mormo ponovit...
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Bella Italia
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- May 21, 2023
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 325 m
- Italy Tuscany San Gimignano Museo di Criminalogia Medioevale 43.467484, 11.04493543°28’3” N 11°2’42” E
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Lagerfeuer-Romantik in San Gimignano
May 21, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Nachdem wir Florenz unsicher gemacht haben, ging es weiter nach San Gimignano, einem Ort in dem die Zeit stehen geblieben ist. Im mittelalterlichen Stadtkern haben wir eine Eisdiele entdeckt, die 4x in Folge zur besten DER WELT gekürt würde. Unter anderem gab es Gorgonzola mit Walnuss-, oder Erdbeerkäsekuchen mit Tomate- Basilikum-Eis. Der Abend endete an einem geheimen Stellplatz im Wald mit Grillen und Lagerfeuer.Read more
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War das denn erlaubt [Dad]
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Traveler Klar 😉.
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Ich hätte ja alle Sorten ausprobiert 😊 [Mama W]
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