Tuscan Hill Towns
Tuscan Hill Towns
Day 1
DAY 01 - May 5, 2005 - Depart U.S.
We woke up to a beautiful morning with a Colorado Blue sky. Gennie and I were able to leave the house about 1:15 PM and took a picture of Pikes Peak in its snowy glory. We made our way to Denver,...
Day 2
DAY 02 - May 06, 2005 - Arrive Florence, Italy & Reception
Daylight began to seep around the window shades around 5 AM as we were crossing over Iceland. The plane was quiet by this time as the flight crew were having a little rest and the passengers in the...
Day 3
DAY 03 - May 07, 2005 - Discover Florence
We woke up this morning to a beautiful sun shining day with the church bells ringing and we were down to breakfast by 8:15. Eduardo was at the door to bring us a cell phone so we can keep in touch...
Day 4
DAY 04 - May 08, 2005 - Visit Uffizi Gallery/Explore Florence
We were able to sleep in this morning as we did not have to meet Giulia until 10 AM. We had a nice breakfast and found that almost all of our group were there again together. We talked to...
Day 5
DAY 05 - May 09, 2005 - Explore Lucca and Overland to Pisa - Evening Surprise
From Gennie: Yesterday was a perfect Mother's Day, we were able to be with Eduardo and his friends in the Renaissance City of Florence!!! Our afternoon and evening were fantastic - just being together...
Day 6
DAY 06 - May 10, 2005 - Overland to the "Wine Road"/Home-Hosted Lunch - Siena
Our wake-up call was at 7 AM but both of us were awake and thinking about getting organized for our travel day. We put our luggage out at 8:00, had breakfast, paid our phone bill,...
Day 7
DAY 07 - May 11, 2005 - Cooking class & Visit to Colle di Val d'Elsa Siena
We woke up to gray skies but no rain. It was cool last night so we slept well with the windows open as there is no A/C. We had breakfast with our group...
Day 8
DAY 08 - May 12, 2005 - Explore Siena
We woke this morning to beautiful Colorado blue skies and lots of sunshine. It was less humid today so we were able to get great views and photographs of the surrounding hills.
We were early for breakfast so we walked around...
Day 9
DAY 09 - May 13, 2005 - Guided Tour Pienza, Gregorian Chants, Montalcino
Although the skies were gray this morning, it is warmer here in Pienza as we head south through the Italian country side. We smelled the coffee and fresh pastries early so we were up again before our...
Day 10
DAY 10 - May 14, 2005 - Discover Montepulciano & Monticchiello
Another beautiful day in paradise! We had our breakfast and then got our computer out in the lobby to send the Journal and check our mail. We tried to clean out our accounts and then helped other members of...
Day 11
DAY 11 - May 15, 2005 - Etruscan Tombs of Sovana
The early morning Tuscan sun was bright and hot today. Our wake up call was at 7 AM again this morning. This trip has been very easy with no early morning activities. I went to the ATM machine to...
Day 12
DAY 12 - May 16, 2005 - Explore Orvieto
A sunny day greeted us as we woke up at 7:00 and then went down to our hotel's continental breakfast with our group. Again, we had cheese, meats, rolls, and there were several varieties of cereals. I had my usual bread,...
Day 13
DAY 13 - May 17, 2005 - Civita di Bagnoregio/Overland to Rome
We woke up to a cloudy morning and Giulia reminded us to bring our umbrellas as the forecast was for rain today. We put our luggage out before 8 AM and went down to breakfast a little early....
Day 14
DAY 14 - May 18, 2005 - Denmark
We were awake by 7:30 as many of our group had gone out early to catch their flights. We showered, packed our bags and then went out to visit with some of our group who were having coffee and pastries in the...
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Day 13 - Saturday, April 22, 2022 - Depart for U.S.
The hotel prepared a box breakfast for us as we had to be in the lobby way before the breakfast room was open.
Last night we found out that our departure flight back to...
