Spring, the marvellous, colourful, scented Spring is approaching: step by step, brick by brick, meadows are getting greener, howthorn trees are delightful in their white delicate flowers, peach trees start to bloom, daylight is longer. Even though the initial days of March were cold and rainy, Spring’s arrival is just…
Tuscany is acclaimed everywhere for its superb wines, but in the last years the interest for beers and brewery has arisen both in the field of production and in that of consumption in our region. We confess that we love beer and we are happy for it: although we are…
The Abbey of Vallombrosa stands on the slopes of the Pratomagno massif about 30 km south-east of Florence, immersed in the deep, ancient and shady forests of chestnut trees, white firs and beeches. The complex is one of the oldest and renown Abbeys in Tuscany, already mentioned by the Renaissance…
The hill town of Cortona, in eastern Tuscany, is one of the places I love more, in fact the first post of this blog was written after a lovely afternoon we spent in this splendid place in the Province of Arezzo. Rich in history, culture, things to do and see,…
When at the end of the High Middle Ages Florence was one of the most flourishing and potent cities in Europe the Government, controlled by the rich class of merchants, decided to found five “new lands” to reorganize a part of its countryside and utilize in a more efficient way…
