Wishing you all a Merry Christmas

Love from Fiona and Beverly

Florentine Feast

Florentine Steaks - 1kg each Buffaloo Mozerella
Calamari
Incredibly expensive fresh fruit with deep fried pastry!
Porcini Mushrooms
It's all about atmosphere and good wine.

And a good steak to get your teeth into.

And all this in a Tuscan Home!

Florentine Market

$50 Euro at a market extravaganza! Our choice of anything to create the Tuscan feast of the century (for us anyway). The colours, sights, smells - and the smatterings of italian... what could we create?

Fruit Salad Magic Mushrooms - not quite but there seemed to be a magic quality about them.
A dedication to Olives
You name it - you can eat it!
Dry anything and have a feast.

Check out the sights of Florence and surrounding buildings, valleys, and community.

Details of Florence

Duomo

Florence Market

A Home in Tuscany

My space in a Tuscan Home

panarama - Florence

I will find the picture of the stairs that had to be climbed to capture this view... even Mathew thought it was worth the effort.

A Room with a View

Tuscan houses are made of brick, stone and huge beams of wood that traverses the ceiling tops. Small windows help to keep the house cool in the Tuscan sun. Shutters across the windows at night keep the warmth in, and the room remains dark as dark can be. The stairs leading up to our rooms seemed to be carved out of stone and narrow steal banisters held firm in the plaster covered walls. It seems dark from the photos, however the sun found it's way inside and added an amazing hue to the cool atmosphere. Grapes hung from the shed trellis, and could be picked and eaten at leisure. Ana and I would walk the 800m down to the goats, and wandered back up past the vineyards, clear stream, and stoney paths. A goose feather douvet ensured a cosey, warm and appreciated sleep.