Saturday in Tuscany
Saturday 22nd October 2011
Spent the daytime driving around Tuscany, including lunch at Lorenzo's place out in the country, and visits to San Gimignano and Greve in Chianti. Back to Florence in the evening for dinner.
Grand Tour
John's Pictures

11:08:42
Outside Lorenzo's Mum's house.

11:19:17
Lorenzo's new place in Florence, which he was in the process of moving in to.

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Quite a grand entrance to the building.

12:14:32
The view from Lorenzo's place out in the countryside, which he was just in the process of moving out of.

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Lorenzo's place in the country.

12:17:27
The view from inside, even better thanks to the added elevation.

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A wood burner in Lorenzo's country abode.

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The view through the window above the front door.

12:24:01
With views like that it's hard to imagine why Lorenzo is moving out!

12:26:24

12:38:15
Lorenzo cooking pasta for lunch.

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Pasta with pesto for lunch.

13:06:20
A lemony drink Chie had with her lunch.

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13:15:45
Some macaron I brought from Zurich as a present for Lorenzo.

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13:52:58
More view outside Lorenzo's place again - Chie out amongst the vines.

13:53:17
Some grapes up close.

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13:56:56
The local cat.

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13:59:05
Me amidst the Tuscan landscape. The tweed cap seemed fitting as we were out in the countryside.

13:59:36
Me and Lorenzo posing for the camera.

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A little castle we stopped off at en route to San Gimignano.

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The tree lined approach to the castle.

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Olives on the trees. I tasted one, and really regretted it - they need a lot of processing before they become eatable.

14:19:31
The bitter taste stayed in my mouth for hours.

14:27:49
More Tuscan landscapes on the way.

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15:08:29
Now in San Gimignano, which as you can see is quite popular with tourists.

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Chie and Lorenzo in San Gimignano.

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Can see all of the four towers of San Gimignano here.

16:14:34
Me and Lorenzo outside the Coop in San Gimignano, where we did some shopping.

17:18:03
Next stop, Greve in Chianti.

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17:58:15
A bar specialising in microbrewery beer in Greve in Chianti.

18:15:34
Interestingly they had a couple of vegetarian items on the menu - here's a tomato, tofu and black olive soup.

19:35:17
Night time views of Florence on the way back into the city.

19:35:49
I really could have done with a tripod!

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20:19:44
Back at Lorenzo's Mum's house, some quality time spent with the cat.

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This came out rather well.

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21:30:46
Dinner, a simple pasta affair at a little local restaurant near Lorenzo's Mum's house.

23:09:28
After dinner drinks in a German beer bar.

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