Alan and Darlene (Renee's Parents) arrived from Australia in may.
Darlene and Renee have both read many books about Tuscany and it has long held a special appeal. So we booked a Villa in the Tuscan hills for a week and meet Alan and Darlene in Pisa as they had been to Berlin for a few days prior.
The villa was part of a tiny hillside hamlet in a place called Peralta. We arrive late on Saturday afternoon after negotiating the steep winding access road. We had a 3 level place with incredible views over the hillside and out towards the Mediterranean.
This was our base for the next week and we spent many evenings sitting on the balcony eating cheese (Pecorino from sheep's milk) olives, bread and drinking local wine.
The hillside was covered in Olive groves, lemon trees and wild Flowers and we wandered around some of the tracks on the property and even stumbled across some ancient ruins.
Most days we headed off to explore the Tuscan cities but i will cover that in a separate blog.
We also really enjoyed spending time at home and had many a home cooked Tuscan feast thanks to having our own kitchen and produce supplied by our local store in the village below.
The view from our balconies were spectacular and we had some memorable sunsets and skylines.
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Tuscan Cities blog coming soon
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