Ahhh...Tuscany

Perugia - outside Kylie's old apartment


Pienza, Tuscany



Avignonesi vineyard

We've had a wonderful week in Tuscany (Toscana) but it's to move on. We enjoyed our fabulous apartment and are glad that Steph and Bart were able to share it with us for a few days. They left for Rome mid-week.

We rented a car so we could make day trips from Montepulciano to the hill towns of Montalcino, Pienza, and Cortona (where the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" was based) in Tuscany, and Perugia and Assisi in Umbria. The roads were windy but we had beautiful scenery along the way. The grapes are ripe for picking. We enjoyed sampling the wines from this region.

The highlight for me (Melissa) was being able to do a walking tour that my sister, Kylie, had put together of Perugia. Kylie studied there for one semester in late 2002. It was fun to see where she lived, went to school, and socialised.

Tomorrow we're off to Sorrento to experience southern Italy.