Today we started off by having a little breakfast on the patio at our wonderful bed & breakfast, Casa Bolsinina. It was bright, sunny, and pretty hot for the season. Fortunately, though, there was a nice breeze blowing through the courtyard. After some coffee and such, we drove about an hour northwest to San Gimignano. …
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Sep 06 2016
Italy Day 5: Tuscany, a lovely B&B, and Siena
After four days in Rome, it was time to head northwest to Tuscany, which is arguably one of the best wine macroregions in the world. We checked out of the Assunta Domus hotel, and Alessandro (the inn keeper) hailed a taxi for us. We took the taxi to the Hertz car rental location near Borghese …
Sep 03 2016
Italy Day 2: Campo de’ Fiori market, the Colosseum, and nightlife
Today is a new day, and after sleeping some absurd amount of time, we were ready to get out there and see what Rome had to offer. We started off by heading to Campo de’ Fiori. There is an open-air market there in the square that is available every day except Sunday. Though the goods …
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