Buongiorno from beautiful, but cold (43 degrees) Pontassieve, Italy! We’ve moved to what is known as The Eastern part of Tuscany. Easy six hour drive from Nice, with €50 in tolls and well over 200 tunnels.
Our VRBO is about as remote as it gets, GPS couldn’t get us here, so our host has you follow her instructions. “Pass through the vineyard, take a right at the painted pole” type of thing 😜😎Where the heck is Pontassieve you’re probably asking yourself? It’s about a 30 minute train ride from Florence in Tuscany.
Tuscany is a fantastically beautiful place. It’s filled with stunning landscapes and the wine and food 👍👊😎
Let’s look around our Villa, beautiful, beautiful! View from our patio!Our villa is part of a small complex of 4 VRBO units and the hosts home. It’s very, very well done.Walking through olive trees and vineyards in the Tuscan forest, come on, what’s better!Pano shot of our complex.Outdoor patio for the complex.😎👊👍😜✔️
Ok, we need groceries. You know we look for the unusual and neighborhood places.
This is the neighborhood COOP. It started as a wine COOP and still is one, but now features fresh produce and local artisan food products. It’s fantastic! We were quite amazed at the products and the locals shopping there were amused at us 😜Of course there’s wine products at the COOP, it’s Italy for goodness sake!The local wood fired bakery guy was there 👍Hand made artisan ravioli.Produce, this picture is from their website. It was so busy with customers I couldn’t get a shot!What’s more Italian than this ?
We’re here for two weeks. Tour guide Cindy has lots of trips planned in this part of Tuscany and we’re going to sit in the Tuscan sun and read some books, (possibly drink some vino also)!
I’ve been thinking, I didn’t say goodbye well enough to France.The French people love life. While some can be a bit stuffy, we met so many wonderful people in France.The people, the food, the wine, fantastic. We love France and are hoping to have the chance to visit again!And, I know, you’re dying to see Teddys five month photo, so I thought I’d throw that in 😜
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2 thoughts on “1/29/23 Pontassieve Italy and Eastern Tuscany”
Wonderful country you been staying in and the photos are fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I am curious as to whether the other three units in your villa are occupied. Amazing place! Tour guide Cindy scored! ~Deb~
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Wonderful country you been staying in and the photos are fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I am curious as to whether the other three units in your villa are occupied. Amazing place! Tour guide Cindy scored! ~Deb~
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Two of the 4 units are occupied, the owner says that highly unusual as in the winter they have very few guests!
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