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  • Returning to Italy

    When I was small, growing up in America, I learned my grandparents were from Italy. This sparked an utter fascination. What is Italy? Where is it? I grilled my family. I begged…

    Day 2, Post 4 75% Umbria, 25% Tuscany

    We departed the Falconiere, skirting Tuscany’s southern border with Umbria. This area is wild and not overrun by tourists. We passed many castles, towers, and fortresses primarily on the Umbrian side of…

    Day 2, Post 3, 75% Umbria, 25% Tuscany

    After breakfast in the Falconiere restaurant, a spectacular former limonaia (room to winter the lemon trees), we headed to the hotel spa. We had the entire spa to ourselves as it is…