Room with a view

Ponte Vecchio

Posted by Elizabeth. We love Tuscany. We have found our favorite place so far. Our home here is a peaceful villa high above Florence with an invigorating bus ride down windy narrow streets into Piazza San Marco. We love the food -- fresh mozzarella, rich green pesto, bread right from the baker -- and the feeling of being part of a rich, layered civilization. 

We are staying with an extraordinary family of three generations, a dog who barks at hedgehogs and takes clothes hanging to dry, and an assortment of chickens with one very happy rooster. They have an olive tree grove which didn't bear fruit this year due to an overactive mosquito population. Good news for California maybe. 

Lots of art and culture while we're here and Leo is reading Pinocchio who came to life in this town. We're slowly learning a few words in Itallian although Griffin is already ordering food and asking questions like a native. He and my mom went to the Florence opera last night in a stunning modern cube. 



Griffin and Grandma

Outside the Uffizi