Jun 7, 20207 min readExploring: Florence, Italy“The Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!” -Mark Twain, “The Innocents Abroad”* In lieu of a “Welcome” sign, your arrival...
May 31, 20204 min readExploring: San Gimignano and Tuscan Wine TastingWe start the day in Siena with a continental breakfast – the standard, uninspired fare of hardboiled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, bread....
May 25, 20205 min readExploring: Intro to Tuscany / Destination Siena“Tuscany looks like what all of Italy should look like.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (attributed) We stare out the train window as the...
Jun 12, 20123 min readSiena and the Towers of San GimignanoSiena is such a confusing place, initially, when arriving by rail. You walk out the front door of the train station, and all you see in...