Tuscany

Yes yes...its definitely been a while....but i have started a new contract on the ship and first week is always quite busy....so no time...believe it or not...i have signed on 10 days ago and i actually have not had a chance to go outside...i guess it is what you call afternoon shift....oh well....let me go a few steps back and tell you about our trip to the tuscany....kim and i decided to fly in a little before we would start work so that i could show him my favourite place....tuscany...i am an absolute sucker for the tuscany...you know...i actually think i could live there....open a guest house...offer nice breakfast and al fresco dinner....hmmmm.....im in my own little dream world, hahaha....anyway moving on.....we stayed in a little B&B in San Gimignano....well, just outside....very cute (a little bit driving in the dirt road which next time i would research a little better, but otherwise perfecto).....we rented a small fiat and explored the surroundings.....from Volterra to San Gimignano to Siena....and a little Chianti.....i just love the landscape, food, atmosphere....just everything....the wines...fab....prosecco divine...aperitifo...great...one night we were lazyso we ended up making our own al fresco dinner...wild boar salami, toscana salami, peccorino, parma ham and mozzarella....wow....wild boar is a speciality...in toscana they make most of their bolognaise with wild boar (yes, we tried it, and it is fab), both the salamis were fab and the peccorini (sheep milk cheese) wonderful...we tried one made in ash, one with truffle, one with wine, one normal...and all just so bloody fab.....never thought i would like sheep cheese...but def cannot taste it...and of course mozzarella....torn with divine olive oil.....and proscuitto....and a bottle of chianti.....

Fab dinner....al fresco style

And well.....kim still wanted ice cream after dinner...so made our way to San Gimignano...and guess what we found...."Best ice cream in the world" and "Gelato world champion".....hmmmm....of course we had to try both..and the winner......"Gelato world champion".....amarena.....pistaccio, we tried at both places....yes...of course we also had ice cream in Siena and Volterra and on the way to and from the tuscany....but that was a given, right?

Ice cream at "the worlds best ice cream"
The winner of the ice cream paces in Tuscany

So...now enough about the food....no..actually there is one more....we tried the pici wild boar (thickish spaghetti with wild boar bolognaise).....yummie...i think i would have preferred actual spaghetti...but sauce...fab...and of course pizza...we found a quaint little spot in Siena...enjoyed pizza and chianti for lunch....we were totally in our element.....

Pizza in Siena
Enjoying house wine in Siena
Carprese and pici wild boar in San Gimignano

Enough about food....yes...we did some exploring...and all places were fab....San Gimignano, Volterra and Siena....all having their own charm....i just love the buildings....architecture....so beautiful...no words....

San Gimignano
Main square in Siena where they used to have chariot races
View of San Gimignano
San Gimignano
San Gimignano
Volterra
Buildings in San Gimignano

And yes....also did some wine tasting...have a look at this....

Note the price for one litre of wine......

And last but but not least....let me share some pics from the place we stayed...had fab breakfast in the morning...really made with love....pool was large and sun chairs for all.....

Outside area....there was also an area with little chairs and tables under gazeebos where kim and i had our al fresco dinner the one night
Main house of place we stayed
Random pic....but just puts me in a good mood

All in all....what an amazing 3 days...and the best part....kim fell in love with it...so he will definitely come again with me.....so cheers...ill go dream of the tuscany now....and to end this blog, two last pics...check out the background (in the first pic)

Kim enjoying local beer
Volterra

 

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