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Monday, September 17, 2012

Paris and Tuscany

Sequel to: Planning Paris and Tuscany

Bottom of the hill at Sacré-Cœur


Sunday, September 9, 2012

Halfway through our tour of Tuscany

Part of the series: Paris and Tuscany

When I was planning this trip, and said that it would be the trip of a lifetime, I was right. So far, it has been 8 wonderful, completely different days, with another 7 to go.

We are in Tuscany now, and have spent a day wandering through Lucca, exploring Florence (where we FINALLY got into a museum,) making our way halfway through the Cinque Terre, and taking cheesy pictures of each other holding up the leaning tower of Pisa.

Tomorrow (or later today) we are heading into Chianti, where we will spend three days seeing the area, visiting Cortona and Sienna before coming back to our converted barn in San Gennaro on Wednesday. Thursday, we plan on heading back to the Cinque Terre, Friday into Lucca, and on Saturday, we would like to head into our own little village here, and then we need to start packing for the flight home.

The Internet has been a bit spotty here, and so I haven't been able to post as often as I'd hoped, but here are a few more pictures:

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Florence Day Trip Itinerary

Part of the series: Planning Paris and Tuscany

Every travel site I have visited says to allow more than one day to visit Florence, if at all possible. We, of course, have packed as much of Tuscany into our 12 days there as possible, and so we only have one day to see this city.


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Updated (almost final) schedule

Part of the series: Planning Paris and Tuscany


Thursday, May 17, 2012

Driving in Italy


Part of the series: Planning Paris and Tuscany

So, as part of my trip planning for Tuscany, I have been reading through TripAdvisor. One of the articles I happened upon was all about driving in Italy, and as I am planning on doing a bit of that, I was very interested.

Apparently, I need to apply for an international driver's licence!!! Who knew?!!?

Also, there are these things called ZTL; Limited Traffic Zones, that are camera-policed, and you will end up with a ticket if you miss the signs.