What To Wear To The Market In Arezzo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Going to the market in the Italian town of Arezzo? Or any other lovely little town in Italy?<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is <span style="font-size: small;">one of my favor<span style="font-size: small;">ite</span></span> posts from a couple of years ago. I'm planning my wardrobe for this year's <span style="font-size: small;">summer in Italy, and my old blog posts have been a fun place to start!</span></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Enjoy!</span></i> </span></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title">What's A Girl To Wear To The Market In Arezzo? </h3><div class="post-header"> </div>Every Saturday and Sunday in the Tuscan town of <b>Arezzo</b> the streets and piazzas become one of the most intriguing markets you will ever have the good fortune to visit.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceVKglaXavFuFuNgHf6JsRfWpM1qFqYMrCfI-CUU2z8WbflQvn1APsm_x4-NGW6kNdbXpvzzFbupUW2Jf18SBRqbCYB3tPVg3ifAk_w-XFRVXJDV5DgYAj7ugRWZD7H9P9j5Bi8kZW99S/s1600/Italia+2011+294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceVKglaXavFuFuNgHf6JsRfWpM1qFqYMrCfI-CUU2z8WbflQvn1APsm_x4-NGW6kNdbXpvzzFbupUW2Jf18SBRqbCYB3tPVg3ifAk_w-XFRVXJDV5DgYAj7ugRWZD7H9P9j5Bi8kZW99S/s640/Italia+2011+294.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (<i>I so wanted the Red Lady lamp, but couldn't figure out how on earth to get her home??</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Largely about furniture and housewears, exquisite laces and linens, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the<b> Arezzo market</b> is not to be missed if you're in <b>Tuscany on a weekend</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If for nothing else, you'll see treasures long hidden in the attics of the giant old Tuscan homes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just touching some of the pieces you'll feel the history of generations flow through your fingers. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Its magic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its also Italy.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This means a girl can't show up dressed as if for the Camden or Portobello markets in London, or the Rose Bowl market in Pasadena. There's a whole different dress code here, and its nothing short of fabulous.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Armed with my camera, I stalked the fashionistas meandering through the stalls, just to show you how killer cool and glam they really are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fashion statements aren't necessarily about the current trends, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but more of how a girl carries herself and presents herself to the world, </div><div style="text-align: center;">with her own personal flair and elan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before we see the outfits, its important to check out the terrain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_22fLtxLta53SxmPk4yRs1Qms7vBIZllHymqacpnof0Rv8r4K36QBcgy25P5f179ij4o8jsheZ9cGHOiNKQ6dwR-_U2YYzvo-7rWD_FoOmgkZiD0ngPDCPokBN-KD6AfKD9eH9cpbdT/s1600/Italia+2011+295.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9_22fLtxLta53SxmPk4yRs1Qms7vBIZllHymqacpnof0Rv8r4K36QBcgy25P5f179ij4o8jsheZ9cGHOiNKQ6dwR-_U2YYzvo-7rWD_FoOmgkZiD0ngPDCPokBN-KD6AfKD9eH9cpbdT/s640/Italia+2011+295.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its all uphill and downhill, on flagstones, cobbles and pavers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">uneven, textured, and at  times steep. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDwKg7KLiaW8Z1MTxeWVwuQ5N466H5T-rysjv3-2F5KURQynQfl8k4IG6WKwnolXwVk0uyXK04lTq_49wayCWO1qQhR4CL_o8OSAgYzw8PCQ_laVdxGx82S6qP36D_U_KLpqj5WiUJuq-/s1600/Italia+2011+296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDwKg7KLiaW8Z1MTxeWVwuQ5N466H5T-rysjv3-2F5KURQynQfl8k4IG6WKwnolXwVk0uyXK04lTq_49wayCWO1qQhR4CL_o8OSAgYzw8PCQ_laVdxGx82S6qP36D_U_KLpqj5WiUJuq-/s640/Italia+2011+296.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">No flat, smooth asphalt for these divas to strut their sensational stuff...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So what does the fab-u-taliana wear?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVgSPzLYRz0FzioL-uRb5SpoAwVBFnzmVRNoMbvAe1FgtxD2exoIk7UcCFecpboZrPw4KRUHvigy7bI28ojkP6-QOXUaXXbpcyGWvOzRep4mseEteG8DbCK4_SyFDgiuYKwma1L60PUd/s1600/Italia+2011+299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVgSPzLYRz0FzioL-uRb5SpoAwVBFnzmVRNoMbvAe1FgtxD2exoIk7UcCFecpboZrPw4KRUHvigy7bI28ojkP6-QOXUaXXbpcyGWvOzRep4mseEteG8DbCK4_SyFDgiuYKwma1L60PUd/s640/Italia+2011+299.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Soft gray ostrich cowboy boots, dove gray half leg leggings, white and gray layered tanks and T's, </div><div style="text-align: center;">trench length demin coat, Louis bag, great hair, and "the world is mine" attitude.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGmJnkMKw3vTnqCWCuW8tgfPOa6i4DcU5m_G-X-6u_epQ1tC6ffddl7mw__2BgswS7gp0ZOJVGjoZzQhYKV_3v8uWEAyS-2DnRRddWW57A2DwY1Q73xS4erxtCDtnpdLZ80-1m3f9Y2Vl/s1600/Italia+2011+293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGmJnkMKw3vTnqCWCuW8tgfPOa6i4DcU5m_G-X-6u_epQ1tC6ffddl7mw__2BgswS7gp0ZOJVGjoZzQhYKV_3v8uWEAyS-2DnRRddWW57A2DwY1Q73xS4erxtCDtnpdLZ80-1m3f9Y2Vl/s640/Italia+2011+293.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you love it??? Check out her cool shoes! <b>Prada bag,</b> stylish parka, pedicure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FkfDI0st9k9kdGp0ui8IcwT_7PAlE1EFpwn8OvUPtPY3G79_rBVQlIDo_e2I6Qp0bGpp4ajKoX0sWrrE4vRI87EoRE49asslsiSPCuYUv-CmATa7fRgg4umymIex6cdjur7l54JU0Qb/s1600/Italia+2011+302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FkfDI0st9k9kdGp0ui8IcwT_7PAlE1EFpwn8OvUPtPY3G79_rBVQlIDo_e2I6Qp0bGpp4ajKoX0sWrrE4vRI87EoRE49asslsiSPCuYUv-CmATa7fRgg4umymIex6cdjur7l54JU0Qb/s640/Italia+2011+302.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">super chic family! Even the bambini are decked out! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWMi_3RV2OulLIs5huSbzQRDqr-nmY8YkoQISM4tmRO-DmKem6eyOf8rGnBt9hdIZ6JOCsce2K0vpBTvHqY8WoQSM5G7YasBnRv-_F59QoD9VCQ-Gw_ADHXc_w3NI7xDnfg7p6abIASlJ/s1600/Italia+2011+304.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWMi_3RV2OulLIs5huSbzQRDqr-nmY8YkoQISM4tmRO-DmKem6eyOf8rGnBt9hdIZ6JOCsce2K0vpBTvHqY8WoQSM5G7YasBnRv-_F59QoD9VCQ-Gw_ADHXc_w3NI7xDnfg7p6abIASlJ/s640/Italia+2011+304.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This lady had it going on! I loved her red jacket. The gloves were the perfect finishing touch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Notice the hairdo - nicely cut and colored.</div><div style="text-align: center;">These Italiana's don't miss a single gorgeous detail.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slim, belted, co-ordinated.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroFBs31SYb7zY7biWhjOeQyubTWh7U2FiljC588lMnQlmL89Wo36tAeGqmsgg7vggZt6NyyKSPhl2olfJso5neBQZQoZE_Z05Y2PWqHLasgQi6Mf0gxYXXx1Jetp49tQ4rSc731yzCids/s1600/Italia+2011+303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroFBs31SYb7zY7biWhjOeQyubTWh7U2FiljC588lMnQlmL89Wo36tAeGqmsgg7vggZt6NyyKSPhl2olfJso5neBQZQoZE_Z05Y2PWqHLasgQi6Mf0gxYXXx1Jetp49tQ4rSc731yzCids/s640/Italia+2011+303.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> another peep at the family</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR6c1_tne8uGwTyFcILjANCuQ_NRlvplXmbc2ZZp4BlDJCZoMxnGJWVTeju5LDeRROEctiPBBXscBG64zCAU0ko1X5WFsmD9LcZ3NKG81mNfs4kGpfZzk7qp51K4K0CPPM3xicR8IQdUe/s1600/Italia+2011+306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR6c1_tne8uGwTyFcILjANCuQ_NRlvplXmbc2ZZp4BlDJCZoMxnGJWVTeju5LDeRROEctiPBBXscBG64zCAU0ko1X5WFsmD9LcZ3NKG81mNfs4kGpfZzk7qp51K4K0CPPM3xicR8IQdUe/s640/Italia+2011+306.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I just loved this lady! We saw her everywhere, all morning. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking like a million dollars, working <i>those shoes</i>!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She still looked like perfection at the of market end too, not just first thing in the morning. </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHvVFSU42uEvdiukQuCs-XGYR1OWBNYDTJ9dAaLM_Ow6Cz6eosFVDMok8hEJckq_pmmOTfB6gaSai80LsmLrTfC3tu27LzoksmbEKZpHFtD63v8VKxv25uLJD02vxUb36MD2GZhIxCefp/s1600/Italia+2011+307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHvVFSU42uEvdiukQuCs-XGYR1OWBNYDTJ9dAaLM_Ow6Cz6eosFVDMok8hEJckq_pmmOTfB6gaSai80LsmLrTfC3tu27LzoksmbEKZpHFtD63v8VKxv25uLJD02vxUb36MD2GZhIxCefp/s640/Italia+2011+307.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Prada-rama. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved her coat too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had magnificent glasses on as well, but I couldn't get a clean shot without blowing my tourista cover.</div><div style="text-align: center;">God knows I tried...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm05WpHXEWyUYDWoIafZyQmqYJi9fEwUyk7YNGYPY7v4-cvuAEfQoXvpbNvXkBeYSuZi7Ai8DxINJPFplZftg4o8GA3byQRh2QjqhvcL5FWwHckd6uwpcguZEMMf3bk3VT81zGMm9WTIso/s1600/Italia+2011+301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm05WpHXEWyUYDWoIafZyQmqYJi9fEwUyk7YNGYPY7v4-cvuAEfQoXvpbNvXkBeYSuZi7Ai8DxINJPFplZftg4o8GA3byQRh2QjqhvcL5FWwHckd6uwpcguZEMMf3bk3VT81zGMm9WTIso/s640/Italia+2011+301.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Channeling <b>Marcello Mastroianni.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even the dudes looked cool.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmslJmj5b6FXsG4eP06OMqcgsiyR1-47-3A1Dk_8tFuP4EpBCiYGlFYPFu51N1bEtBDZTAMg7pgfC3FVLDq-vQxIGPDkhZj5V-k2e-uljI4NiUI2aEVIO0kTsfy4RdlW7U7RyiWaS0hgY/s1600/Italia+2011+300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmslJmj5b6FXsG4eP06OMqcgsiyR1-47-3A1Dk_8tFuP4EpBCiYGlFYPFu51N1bEtBDZTAMg7pgfC3FVLDq-vQxIGPDkhZj5V-k2e-uljI4NiUI2aEVIO0kTsfy4RdlW7U7RyiWaS0hgY/s640/Italia+2011+300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> What would you do with that fish thing?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the cabinet behind it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcsdyMTbCvzS4N2ErsOkmM-1-nrWRGVagEwqEA5RklEzvXePr2bg9WqPNwJKtCshDT_Mr_bcNaseowBTPygWYV84C-hakooCs8Ckw5xPqtI4tZZo3X1stlzV1N3N2AgiELqrccll8WHDI/s1600/Italia+2011+316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcsdyMTbCvzS4N2ErsOkmM-1-nrWRGVagEwqEA5RklEzvXePr2bg9WqPNwJKtCshDT_Mr_bcNaseowBTPygWYV84C-hakooCs8Ckw5xPqtI4tZZo3X1stlzV1N3N2AgiELqrccll8WHDI/s640/Italia+2011+316.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Prada Prada Prada.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Endless Prada</b>. Fabulous for Sunday morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxzvsha9uJIIic1iXrTrZsjh2Dx8nSvhpyz7GKpg5n6Yf-VxFxXmYwcD9QLgBnabSPu40HfnSw_5zEXaZniLPh2D0wCgBKd-CLT8dumB55BX4g9FeAosumQr0WmlmibvTfqEVPRNq-Hmg/s1600/Italia+2011+317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxzvsha9uJIIic1iXrTrZsjh2Dx8nSvhpyz7GKpg5n6Yf-VxFxXmYwcD9QLgBnabSPu40HfnSw_5zEXaZniLPh2D0wCgBKd-CLT8dumB55BX4g9FeAosumQr0WmlmibvTfqEVPRNq-Hmg/s640/Italia+2011+317.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Stylin mama.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't she just chic??</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like a northerner... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp4Muy9sT2Prx99G2ET96vqOAaQdSV-nvzhLJoJgg7UtX9L0uN6Ake6OXadheMrlDgApjKmmSzsEvPCmv9hwDBchcWjWu7GT9XfAgRFSbISun5_MzcZc6OZDQ3QupxmUODO3o1M672IDm/s1600/Italia+2011+321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp4Muy9sT2Prx99G2ET96vqOAaQdSV-nvzhLJoJgg7UtX9L0uN6Ake6OXadheMrlDgApjKmmSzsEvPCmv9hwDBchcWjWu7GT9XfAgRFSbISun5_MzcZc6OZDQ3QupxmUODO3o1M672IDm/s640/Italia+2011+321.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Burberry</b>! A break in the <b>Prada/Louis</b> action - quite refreshing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out how totally put together this couple is.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Age provides no barrier, gives no demarcation. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They're all just damn fab.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUvfFSKrI466zc6snLkVkGLVGWMAV2Sbxl2HRdvsntnWa8AdRa5RF5nQJRDhiUtdmK79nMOkilALGJPzuiuwSrKIne1YUrRNMUgJJ7us6J-k-mx71QI9Sm55zxP0xBsFU5Hw5uR7TWjcx/s1600/Italia+2011+322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUvfFSKrI466zc6snLkVkGLVGWMAV2Sbxl2HRdvsntnWa8AdRa5RF5nQJRDhiUtdmK79nMOkilALGJPzuiuwSrKIne1YUrRNMUgJJ7us6J-k-mx71QI9Sm55zxP0xBsFU5Hw5uR7TWjcx/s640/Italia+2011+322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjxnxZVxH2dxMSPSDXWE92MyZ-zCQFtn_fZgY1WNfgQA2VXVGFhb_rXCPJ927TdFp0bdC9uJwuU4TWRXTHNNkyCCVcI-87CCP-ZjsXRbnlCELN9UAdnUX8nMaPDpoX2KIY3INOoBha0gh/s1600/Italia+2011+327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjxnxZVxH2dxMSPSDXWE92MyZ-zCQFtn_fZgY1WNfgQA2VXVGFhb_rXCPJ927TdFp0bdC9uJwuU4TWRXTHNNkyCCVcI-87CCP-ZjsXRbnlCELN9UAdnUX8nMaPDpoX2KIY3INOoBha0gh/s640/Italia+2011+327.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Skinny jeans worn with heels, a trench, fab hair, and accessorized with a cyclist.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Think he's wearing a cod piece?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi03eixBhCZR346LoFTLvCv7rF1Rlm0cEFMu-1p-R4HmsgWMJWrVm2VRHMEpLa4CklJTt375UfNVwcjQIi4Y7SfmyEblwJo4GBMHJtLh7LZSLgvdP4pakjdtq2qFPHADbfd0i6YDcp2h3s/s1600/Italia+2011+326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi03eixBhCZR346LoFTLvCv7rF1Rlm0cEFMu-1p-R4HmsgWMJWrVm2VRHMEpLa4CklJTt375UfNVwcjQIi4Y7SfmyEblwJo4GBMHJtLh7LZSLgvdP4pakjdtq2qFPHADbfd0i6YDcp2h3s/s640/Italia+2011+326.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love those nude heels!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the height and cut of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's damn fabulous, and she knows it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its part of the air she breathes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although I do consider myself to be an Olympic high heeler,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even I couldn't cut it around the market all morning, up and down the hills in these.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And these are her Sunday morning market shoes?? I need a new goal...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-A8uly4IedWjNNEiqz1BM18jUjhJQ7tmnhSaC4I3qih2mWUYnEMYnnkW1tWoXRG6GuLcv_5mGl1JFgVoZzwDFof_bZxu-v5z8nA7bLqjum0VYrEzeZNU6KBYEgUQGapfBVV4JR9-Tsp/s1600/Italia+2011+328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-A8uly4IedWjNNEiqz1BM18jUjhJQ7tmnhSaC4I3qih2mWUYnEMYnnkW1tWoXRG6GuLcv_5mGl1JFgVoZzwDFof_bZxu-v5z8nA7bLqjum0VYrEzeZNU6KBYEgUQGapfBVV4JR9-Tsp/s640/Italia+2011+328.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sexy girl heels.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you seeing how high they are??? Remember the terrain (see above)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And sexy Italiana that she is, she saunters and glides with ease,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as if she were wearing flats.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't you feel her gait through this picture?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its as if she were born wearing them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just loved her!</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmX-6r_A11-PeVz61DLGB5n5vNmTNyd0VXl9leStDIvA6xBLBLTGXwc-3ygRvR6uesU3gp3zOjkypt5QxcPe3vSxQ_BEluh7GAdivPuB65mDvoPo_MSwdMf8gCtm6LEMKES1Pn0IKFww-/s1600/Italia+2011+330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmX-6r_A11-PeVz61DLGB5n5vNmTNyd0VXl9leStDIvA6xBLBLTGXwc-3ygRvR6uesU3gp3zOjkypt5QxcPe3vSxQ_BEluh7GAdivPuB65mDvoPo_MSwdMf8gCtm6LEMKES1Pn0IKFww-/s640/Italia+2011+330.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I just had to get you a close up on the height.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is my hero(ine)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pants were very cool too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBkFoKhPUB-knst7CpgmeL7LhqTuXF7ZMgWw225Ys4St-VsNgXcnIHhl6bCiPgEjESuZn7G9pC-mpZV4e0c25I5Ht4ix-Y7rasgOiq-_i7FG1H9c4Aggx8GF3JGc5GHIQ61FODXwUsvFE/s1600/Italia+2011+325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBkFoKhPUB-knst7CpgmeL7LhqTuXF7ZMgWw225Ys4St-VsNgXcnIHhl6bCiPgEjESuZn7G9pC-mpZV4e0c25I5Ht4ix-Y7rasgOiq-_i7FG1H9c4Aggx8GF3JGc5GHIQ61FODXwUsvFE/s640/Italia+2011+325.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She eats!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Italian girls don't do the lettuce leaf, black coffee and manic hours of aerobics with a 5 mile run routine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They eat. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Heartily. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And are so present in their lives, and in the pleasure of life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are sensational. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTv3cKk1r76gabVPJcVf3C9WxLt8dGU-NFXzcZYYKLb3anfE8j5zz0lbKd2fkuOOVj_SaE51wvgn8FPqaT6EtYHklvCiYJ0H1kEkSUUWHlVSuwBAanDVkboZL0nw-rRCsQC4G6vNu6utO/s1600/Italia+2011+323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTv3cKk1r76gabVPJcVf3C9WxLt8dGU-NFXzcZYYKLb3anfE8j5zz0lbKd2fkuOOVj_SaE51wvgn8FPqaT6EtYHklvCiYJ0H1kEkSUUWHlVSuwBAanDVkboZL0nw-rRCsQC4G6vNu6utO/s640/Italia+2011+323.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And what did we wear? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictured here in the piazza with the lovely Michelle, jewelry designer at <a href="http://www.divinityjewelry.com/about-the-artist.htm">Divinity Jewelry</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in jeans and boots, a turquoise trench and a beige pashmina, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the ever present aviators :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao ciao tutti!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Baci!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

What To Wear To The Market In Arezzo

Going to the market in the Italian town of Arezzo? Or any other lovely little town in Italy?   Here is one of my favor ite posts from a cou...

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Where To Stay Under The Tuscan Sun

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Thinking about spending some time under the Tuscan sun??<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7UgGb_mQX7DkA5MJxS_TtSlNAYchO8c8SCKwdVG9exdzgXRVvIP5W26EtKuq9Ppw0dwEswn8rtHBPkDxGqrxkYPLIa1_frPAZFkvE9hxDcmN88i8v0IabGlz1KkO7gOhqiU65HNKOU4/s1600/cunina+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7UgGb_mQX7DkA5MJxS_TtSlNAYchO8c8SCKwdVG9exdzgXRVvIP5W26EtKuq9Ppw0dwEswn8rtHBPkDxGqrxkYPLIa1_frPAZFkvE9hxDcmN88i8v0IabGlz1KkO7gOhqiU65HNKOU4/s640/cunina+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Podere Cunina standing watch over the Val D'Orcia</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Every year I like to spend a few weeks in Italy.<br />Actually I would like to spend endless months there, but have to settle for weeks instead.<br />Tuscany has become my home away from home.<br /><br /><br />People always ask me where to stay in <b>Tuscany</b>, especially if they are not seeking out an overly homogenized hotel experience.<br />Personally I love to rent an apartment, rent a car and drive around Tuscany, finding endless spectacular towns and villages that aren't in the guide books.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSeJ77wBNSOmB4GNXoOwFwPR2hvRD88GP_qQujqTSfc83s-oxnF2ol9sHTo4J-x7dnhyphenhyphenLnUMCYJdLLp4YkBbd3OKa-tqFw0EFwrzdEkLlX9ulsJtJrdV-s-oZC4gP8FRrMQYII1gescQ/s1600/cunina+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSeJ77wBNSOmB4GNXoOwFwPR2hvRD88GP_qQujqTSfc83s-oxnF2ol9sHTo4J-x7dnhyphenhyphenLnUMCYJdLLp4YkBbd3OKa-tqFw0EFwrzdEkLlX9ulsJtJrdV-s-oZC4gP8FRrMQYII1gescQ/s640/cunina+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Podere Cunina, Buonconvento, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I like to be super close to <b>Florence</b>, and not too far from <b>Rome</b>. In a country with such a fantastic rail system, I like to be close enough to a train station that it's easy to make a last minute day trip to <b>Venice</b>, or maybe <b>Pompei </b>- wherever feels like fun that day. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4W-jDA3iIzV7pPWgKDmSNlcZOsx5a63H4YLaskdYDm8e8mEGV6NTq0aRFDAOeb1pteTj0p8fzezBE97UjR15pqbA_4YDYddMSMuP42BOCl28hUbySIpb65b0qJebHGy-Ia5xZQXooBy4/s1600/cunina+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4W-jDA3iIzV7pPWgKDmSNlcZOsx5a63H4YLaskdYDm8e8mEGV6NTq0aRFDAOeb1pteTj0p8fzezBE97UjR15pqbA_4YDYddMSMuP42BOCl28hUbySIpb65b0qJebHGy-Ia5xZQXooBy4/s640/cunina+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of the patios at Podere Cunina, Buonconvento, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I like to chill out in the piazza, drink cappuccinos and watch the world go by. Shop at local markets for fresh produce,all grown inside a 10 mile radius and picked to be sold today, with flavor that just explodes in your mouth. (Unlike the flavorless factory farmed produce here in the US)<br />There's nothing quite like having a local vendor choose items for you, and tell you how to prepare them the way generations of their families have been doing for centuries, and then going home to your gorgeous Tuscan apartment, throwing it together and enjoying it, <i>truly enjoying </i>it with a local Sangiovese, or maybe a Brunello, living the luxe life.<br /><br />I love filling my Italian apartment with freshly picked wildflowers and sprigs of fresh rosemary, the combined olfactory delight of which tells my brain I'm really, truly here. <br /><br />My dear friend Silvana is living the life I dream of.<br />Together with her husband Pier Giorgio she bought an old, run down farmhouse on a little hill overlooking the spectacular Val D'Orcia. They rebuilt, refurbished and restored it using traditional materials, creating a home that at the same time is visually mesmerizing, maintains historical truth but is equipped with all the modern conveniences. Its called Podere Cunina.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK00iHkQYH3RXpk_ygBCICBMT_cuIHuvZwm4e9f4hR_u5BcG-eXI4xWq3nke-S8PV8GdxePwFDjSBkPpE2ndJKTb7xJaDm17MYFLwFNpVA5WLZsms7Vvh6RKqULFlJAUXz3ISoI6CVgY/s1600/cunina+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK00iHkQYH3RXpk_ygBCICBMT_cuIHuvZwm4e9f4hR_u5BcG-eXI4xWq3nke-S8PV8GdxePwFDjSBkPpE2ndJKTb7xJaDm17MYFLwFNpVA5WLZsms7Vvh6RKqULFlJAUXz3ISoI6CVgY/s640/cunina+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Podere Cunina in Buonconvento Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The stonework, the iron work, the colors are achingly beautiful.<br /><br />Part of the restoration project involved creating 7 apartments to rent to vacationers.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl4JaRCOtVbcLsRIUQHSZAuZg1HqpCPN7CeXsO8IJp-ykBELauW6amK4DLZ8UGxfAkqiE0FKhRLe91eUJhJt9OxnBvNSklkwvJzErSdOLVIqS5NlAmVSeWzvmW3j5e6Cmi5pQaGJrJjc/s1600/cunina+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl4JaRCOtVbcLsRIUQHSZAuZg1HqpCPN7CeXsO8IJp-ykBELauW6amK4DLZ8UGxfAkqiE0FKhRLe91eUJhJt9OxnBvNSklkwvJzErSdOLVIqS5NlAmVSeWzvmW3j5e6Cmi5pQaGJrJjc/s640/cunina+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the apartments at Podere Cunina, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB81N4rI_sG1lFusHyl6zqH7VOPvGWT4cu0dOHoUo-9AVSsytKFPU1HwQe7evCzecNaNR1wm76HKNWXLEvFHpkpRkt04e6WOY0h6xHyoOtwWyMN2SsTWW6N4VwKxFVgy4zpDIKoT7F-A/s1600/cunina+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB81N4rI_sG1lFusHyl6zqH7VOPvGWT4cu0dOHoUo-9AVSsytKFPU1HwQe7evCzecNaNR1wm76HKNWXLEvFHpkpRkt04e6WOY0h6xHyoOtwWyMN2SsTWW6N4VwKxFVgy4zpDIKoT7F-A/s640/cunina+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apartment at Podere Cunina, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXNGtNY9W80Kd8LAJbnZZd_vTFnaZnQmcbnNr98a7rRzdj9tyPCVGO3bgQK_0p1a0P2l1CnC9M_JTi5k3Kv0lhjLJNPEREPJu7-8Tg3JVkyEmVw0YY0Zk2MXpx6BeZfaXtSW7KX_pA-4/s1600/Cunina+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXNGtNY9W80Kd8LAJbnZZd_vTFnaZnQmcbnNr98a7rRzdj9tyPCVGO3bgQK_0p1a0P2l1CnC9M_JTi5k3Kv0lhjLJNPEREPJu7-8Tg3JVkyEmVw0YY0Zk2MXpx6BeZfaXtSW7KX_pA-4/s640/Cunina+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apartment at Podere Cunina, outside Buonconvento Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubnLCt-a-OmXWbjyj6PA5r0X0leVC_PcJwtn1lG089hMDQ5Z7o3aqQpQpitU35o8UCPwqFMEy4VowWqRiNZ9GjPY6kXjBeBZub-lHh8Ru-NkPPAKGzky6YxdDks4yLORi0lLZ9UL2OvI/s1600/cunina+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubnLCt-a-OmXWbjyj6PA5r0X0leVC_PcJwtn1lG089hMDQ5Z7o3aqQpQpitU35o8UCPwqFMEy4VowWqRiNZ9GjPY6kXjBeBZub-lHh8Ru-NkPPAKGzky6YxdDks4yLORi0lLZ9UL2OvI/s640/cunina+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apartment at Podere Cunina </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> There are 2 two bedroom apartments and 5 one bedroom apartments, each of which is just gorgeous.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMAoKBVGKT7EwRXUq4kaBJ_BO6LKzWkGiEbmDBT-TtGrD0uR5FgONj4jTFVkteqT2OalBSd3gYF487p5G_WEOVki3UHOgirM83yw66TIISTGWMMhvnrtygYUOKnjAHpUDYbuocX7WGRk/s1600/cunina+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMAoKBVGKT7EwRXUq4kaBJ_BO6LKzWkGiEbmDBT-TtGrD0uR5FgONj4jTFVkteqT2OalBSd3gYF487p5G_WEOVki3UHOgirM83yw66TIISTGWMMhvnrtygYUOKnjAHpUDYbuocX7WGRk/s640/cunina+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apartment at Podere Cunina, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Podere Cunina is located 3 kms outside of <b>Buonconvento</b>, near <b>Siena</b>. An easy drive from either <b>Rome</b> or <b>Florence</b> it places you in the ideal location from which to drive around Tuscany and really experience the majesty of this amazing part of the world.<br /><br />After a long day of enjoying yourself it is just lovely to sit out on the patio area and have a prosecco as you watch the sun set over neighboring <b>Montalcino </b>(one of my favorite villages in all of Italy).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyZcB7Vjka2UHQS8jKAqOoANyEOkAzlYukYGk0UT-OLDjus7nXQl5Ez14Jx8JDw1G7wbbSAjLuj_H6tJdr8apZaMhN_r-kyVgVio6UmTNrG7Y2pSKnu0A1IsZ1DaNje9PwfebLc_RX_o/s1600/Cunina+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyZcB7Vjka2UHQS8jKAqOoANyEOkAzlYukYGk0UT-OLDjus7nXQl5Ez14Jx8JDw1G7wbbSAjLuj_H6tJdr8apZaMhN_r-kyVgVio6UmTNrG7Y2pSKnu0A1IsZ1DaNje9PwfebLc_RX_o/s640/Cunina+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pool at Podere Cunina, near Buonconvento, Tuscany</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /> Wine lovers adore the region, as it is home to the Brunello, one of my all time favorite reds.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yvhPiWOP_wvCJps1R7zR8JTKlXD-EXQtzJ4Ep6i3fBtUdjanNp_UDMwQc6r1QYvmSx2LXg4rSbLlIoYFl6WQPyd9FVVizKB5AogtdFU5XLxxpdEar7GKYtGXIvfKM49OoqPr6hcM85w/s1600/cunina+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yvhPiWOP_wvCJps1R7zR8JTKlXD-EXQtzJ4Ep6i3fBtUdjanNp_UDMwQc6r1QYvmSx2LXg4rSbLlIoYFl6WQPyd9FVVizKB5AogtdFU5XLxxpdEar7GKYtGXIvfKM49OoqPr6hcM85w/s640/cunina+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prosecco time at Podere Cunina as the Tuscan Sun sets</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Silvana is the ultimate host. She always has loads of ideas of great places to go see and experience. She always tells me about fabulous villages that the tour buses (thankfully) don't know about, is endlessly knowledgeable about where the best local markets are and when, which restaurants and cafe's you mustn't miss, and has the most wonderful stories about this spectacular slice of the world.<br /><br />Lovers of <b>Frances Mayes' Under The Tuscan Sun, </b>and her subsequent tomes about her life in Tuscany will love driving to <b>Cortona</b>, which is not too far away, and spending the day walking through every moment in her delicious Tuscan world. (I think at this point I probably know her books by heart)<br /><br />3 million years ago the <b>Val D'Orcia </b>was under the ocean, which is no doubt why the hills have the most beautiful undulating roll to them. A couple of years ago some guests were walking through the fields on the beautiful <a href="http://www.agriturismopoderecunina.com/">Podere Cunina </a>property and picked up a perfectly formed shark's tooth, that scientists later dated as being 3 million years old.<br />You just never know what you're going to find in this wonderful place!<br /><br />Summer is not the only time to enjoy Tuscany. Spring and autumn are beautiful, and this year if everything goes as planned we are hoping to touch down in Tuscany over the winter too.<br /><br />If staying on a glamorous little farm is a bit to rural for you, Silvana also rents out an apartment in beautiful <b>San Gimignano, </b>which is my Italian home, and which I can never go a single day without thinking about.<br /><br />If you would like to know more about Podere Cunina or about vacation rental in Tuscany, click this link:<br /><a href="http://www.agriturismopoderecunina.com/"> Agriturismo Podere Cunina </a><br /><br /><br /></div>

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