Tuscano!

Our day started off saying arrivederci to Sorrento and our friends at Casablanca Dominova. We were in the car around 9:30 and quickly found that leaving Sorrento is a very sloooow moving process. Though we seemed to sit in traffic for hours, the jam only cost us 30 min to our full trip which was a little over 6 hours from Sorrento to Tuscany. Thank goodness this will be longest leg of our journey. When we started out Bryce mentioned it would be as long as our usual commute to Madison...that put things in perspective. Luckily the front and tail ends of this trip had some beautiful sites to see which made the time go along nicely. Not to say seeing the Woolard's isn't Something to look forward to. (Norm from cheers!) :)

As we came closer to our bed and breakfast, the Poggerino we were little worried we wouldn't find it. We were only following directions I printed off from our hosts...GPS couldn't locate our destination.....which is a good thing :). When we arrived we were NOT disappointed. Our B&b is a vineyard, winery, and makes their own Chianti wine and olive oil. Our check in area was the tasting room...niiiiice. After sampling a few of the wines (chianti reserve, chianti Classico, and merlot) we were off to see the property. We are staying in a building that is 500-600 years old with parts that may be up to 800 years old. It sits on 100 acres with 24 acres of vineyard. Our room overlooks a beautiful view of a Tuscan valley. There is a pool and several places to relax in lounge chairs and read or have a glass of wine. In a small reception room they have several bottles of wine sitting out. If we want one we write our names on a small piece of paper and leave it there. Basically to sum it up.....this is Bryce and Mandy heaven.




We have decided that though we LOVED the Campania region.....this is where we would choose to live permanently. It's country, relaxed, agriculture, and very us :). I mean people get stuck behind tractors here.....I even saw some John Deere green! Bryce and I have tried coming up with dream jobs in the past and we always end up saying we just would rather not work. Within 5 min of being here he had decided this was his dream job. Owning and working a winery in Tuscany.









After enjoying the property a bit we headed off to the village of Radda which you can see from our room. Very cute medieval village with a stone wall around it...which is pretty much par for the course here. We enjoyed the city for a bit and then headed off to the small-town we had dinner in Volpaia at La Botega......absolutely wonderful food and the most beautiful scenery yet! We sat on a terrace overlooking the valley.



Tomorrow we will wake up to breakfast by Bernadette, one of the owners and then head for a day in Florence. Tomorrow night Bernadette will cook dinner for us here at the B@B. We are really excited for that!

Until then....
ciao!
Mandy

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Location:Chianti region, Tuscany