The next phase of our honeymoon happened in Tuscany. We'd rented a little villa (not the one in the picture above. Ours kind turned out to be more like a townhouse) and stayed for about 12 days. A totally different cultural immersion experience. Especially when we arrived, were let in by the owner's mother-in-law who spoke no English whatsoever and after she left, realized we had no idea where the town was or how to find a grocery store. Thank God for Nigel.
We were staying in the tiny town of Montespertoli, which is about 30 minutes southwest of Florence. Cute little town with standard winding streets. Our villa was cute too. Not quite what we pictured from the pictures online, but still quite nice.
Great little kitchen where we made breakfast every morning - usually fresh bread from the bakery down the street that we toasted in a toaster that played the Mickey Mouse theme song ("who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me..." etc etc) when the toast was done.
I noticed our feet in the reflection of the stove and snapped this picture. (I think technically Geoff did, since he had the better angle. and also, we've discovered I am better at composition - he's better at the technical part of it).
The house had a front patio and little enclosed back yard. We didn't spend much time out there since it was sunny and HOT every day and we were gone on road trips almost every day. But one day near the end of our stay it was a little cooler and I popped into the back yard one morning at breakfast and realized... all the flowers were dead. Now, we'd not been asked to water them (there was nothing in the welcome packet and no sign language from the woman who greeted us the first day indicated watering the plants), and just hadn't been out there to notice. But all of these gorgeous blooming plants (jasmine & hydrangea and roses and a ton of others i couldn't begin to tell you the name of) were all dried and shriveled up. So, completely guilt-ridden, I wrestled with the hose and tried to right the wrong. Too little too late I think. So, the moral of this story is that you ever ask us to house-sit, be sure to TELL us to water any plants that you would like to be living upon your return.
PS- Tuscany is beautiful. Clearly. We found a gelato place in town that we liked and a couple of restaurants. And the locals were SUPER picture-worthy all over Tuscany. How am I going to post about this place? There is so much to talk about!! Here are some pictures for now, all of which were taken less than five minutes from where we were staying...
These are Geoff's trees. So stinkin' cool loking. Cyprus trees along a hill top
Wheat field and general gorgeous country side
Vineyard between our villa and the bakery down the road
Someone else's villa - also ridiculously lovely
1 comment:
this sounds so repetitive and, like, DUH!, but you guys are AMAZING photographers!!! LOVE them all! and i can't believe you really saw all these places IN PERSON. so beautiful (as are you two!) keep the posts coming! love you!
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