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As we leave Castel Pietraio, we’re sad yet excited for the next adventures. We had seen a very modern looking winery building from the highway on the way down from the airport and thought we would check it out today. The Antinori nel Chianti Classico winery building is a unique modern architectural building built into Read more

We start the day with a wonderful breakfast provided by our hotel, Hotel Art Artelier, with meats/cheese, eggs, yogurt, pastries, croissants, and fruits. The weather continues to be perfect, sunny with the temperatures starting around 60 degrees warming up to the 70’s in the afternoon. Our first activity was to tour the Leonardo Da Vinci Read more

Early on in our trip planning, the group had expressed an interest in seeing Venice. Only Laura and I had been there before, and we were happy to go again. By high speed train, it is about 2 hours between Florence and Venice so it is very doable to go to Venice for just the Read more

After yesterday’s long day, I would say some were still a bit tired. We had one planned event in the morning and then free time after that until dinner. Today we toured the Il Duomo complex – Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Crypt of Santa Reparata, and Opera del Duomo Museum. The Baptistry was being Read more

Our first planned activity this morning was a cooking class to make our own pizzas and Gelato. But after waiting outside the cooking school for half an hour, I get a message saying the class had been cancelled. The cook had worked late at a catering job last night and couldn’t get up early enough Read more

Our flight out of Florence didn’t leave until 13:30 in the afternoon, so we didn’t have to get up real early or rush. We’re flying to Munich, Germany to catch our connecting Lufthansa flight to Washington-Dulles, schedule to depart Munich at 16:25. We arrive at the Florence airport with plenty of time to get through Read more