Happy (belated) Christmas!

Ok - I actually HATE that the British say 'Happy Christmas' rather than 'Merry Christmas' but it was the only way I could get the title of this post to sound right.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Whew - thats better.

And yes, I do realize that I'm 6 days late. My bad.

Wine tasting in Montalcino

The last part of our trip was wine tasting in Tuscany. We decided to stay in Montalcino, which is about an hour and a half south of Florence. We took the scenic route from Florence and saw some amazing landscape. First the route takes you through the Chianti region through to Sienna. After we passed through Sienna we drove south through Montalcino to our agriturismo, Piombaia.

Taking in the views...

...from Piazzale Michelangelo

beautiful fall foliage

is it just me or does this look fake?

playing around with the manual setting on the DSLR camera 

over exposure...looks like a watercolor painting to me

the glow of the setting sun

over looking my favorite city with my favorite guy

A better way to see Firenze...

After our lesson in cheese making we decided to head down to Florence a day early. We found a charming hotel in Fiesole, in the hills surrounding Florence. The views of the city were magical...