We're back from another exhilarating round of Tuscany tours. My theme is always "Marsha's Favorite Florence", and now some tour participants have shared their favorite moments.
"I appreciated the balance of art/museums/churches with walks out side of town in Fiesole and Settignano with their spectacular views of city and vineyard. And country air."
"The comradely dinners each night eating pasta with truffles, or fried pumpkin flowers that were as light as butterfly wings."
"The natural hot springs outside of Pienza were pure pleasure, soaking in the sulfurous hot water watching the sun set over the hill before us."
"Walking in the evenings through the outskirts of Florence knowing that we were safe and could enjoy the beauty of these neighborhoods without worrying about getting lost."
"Tea at Manuela’s house high on the Pian di Guliari feasting on oranges, torta di albacoche (apricot) and a view that has not changed in 500 years."
"The hike to the 350 yr old Queen Cypress at the end of a hilly country road."
"Country walks with views of sherbet colored farmhouses spread out between neatly plowed fields, grey blue olive orchards, vineyards undulating with the hillside, and thinking how it would be to live in such a beautiful, timeless place where little seems to have changed in spite of the tourism."
