Sovicille, Tuscany

We rented a VRBO in Toiana in the Sovicille area. It is a tiny village (that's being generous!) 10 Km outside of Siena. It's a little farm house with incredible views. It is quiet and comfortable.  We needed a little R&R from our tourism and this is the perfect place for it.

It took us a while to find this little hide-away from the turn off at Siena.  The area is full of  little, winding, country roads. Our host gave us directions but they were a little vague. 

I never knew farm country could be so beautiful.  This is the view from our front yard.  Yes, that is a vineyard in the foreground.  Our little house is surrounded by olive trees, rosemary bushes, mint bushes and flowers.  We even have a pool.  Although it is too cold to get into.

We checked in and headed for the grocery store. Their stores are like the ones in the US except everything is in Italian. The produce is so much fresher than we get in Bonaire.  It is really nice to eat tomatoes that have not been refrigerated. We have learned to weigh all our produce and use the scale to get a sticky tag with the price to place on our bag of veggies.  The prices for food are much lower than Bonaire.

We wanted to get out of the heat in Bonaire so we traveled to Europe.  But it is getting cold here in Tuscany.  I saw snow on the surrounding mountains and its going to be 40 degrees tonight. Brrrrrrrrrrrr