This is Tuscany too: Monte Amiata
The highest mountain in Tuscany, a fabulous destination for day trips and home to one of my favourite churches, Pieve di Santa Maria ad Lamulas.
The highest mountain in Tuscany, a fabulous destination for day trips and home to one of my favourite churches, Pieve di Santa Maria ad Lamulas.
This year we have had a long, cold winter, and the countryside is a bit “behind”. But the first blossoms are coming!
Mid February is the time when the first flowers appear, the fields turn green and the warm sunny days invite you to take long walks in the countryside.
And through my ears… The sound of blackbirds singing when the days start to get longer and warmer.
Nothing beats my grandmother’s home-made cantuccini, which might in fact come as a surprise to those who are used to industrial biscotti.
The gorgeous morning light, when the sun rays paint the picture perfect countryside of Tuscany
January is a cold winter month, but also the month of the first spring-like days: perfect for a walk and for appreciating things that would go unnoticed at any other time of the year.
I have mixed feelings towards (travel) literature set in Tuscany because, if on the one hand they it is the best promotion for our region (and therefore, indirectly for our rentals too), on the other it sets expectations so high that we sometimes feel it might be difficult to live up to them
I love naked trees. Just like us, they stand there, waiting for the winter to pass. And then, all of a sudden, they cover in buds and bear the promise of a bright spring.
January is a cold month in Tuscany, and one of the first unmistakable signs the winter is here is the morning mists and frost.
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