Tuesday 10/19/10

“…and the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses…” ---Chelsea Morning, Joni Mitchell

The day dawned bright and sunny and remained so all day which was refreshing after the overcast skies we have experienced the past few days. I shot this pic from our bedroom window, but a pic can’t convey how lovely the rolling hills, olive trees and vineyards are. Farley & I had breakfast outdoors in the sunshine, joined by Harry the dog who very politely waited for us to include him in the meal.

Vacation is all about going with the flow, so today we decided to change up our plans and spend the day with others in our group visiting Montepulciano and Pienza. They were differing hill towns: The Montepulciano Piazza Grande can be seen in the attached pic, and is more of a mountaintop fortress; Pienza was a charming town with beautiful vistas.
Farley toured an impressive

wine cellar and was in his element. I’m on a quest to find some leather shoes for Farley (he neglected to mention that I bought 2 leather pocket books yesterday….) but no luck so far. There’s always tomorrow!

Tonight’s meal will be prepared by a local cook who comes to the villa to finalize the preparation and serve. We are salivating just thinking about it.

Ciao!