A week in Tuscany
 

Here's a trip report of my recent holiday in small town Tuscany with my husband and friends. For those looking ideas outside of Florence, this may be of interest.
http://suja-thoughts.spaces.live.com...7DA!1012.entry

I wish I had some friends with a place in Tuscany!

Thanks for your trip report and photos. I am hoping to see some of those places next year when we go to Tuscany

You are welcome :) I hope you enjoy your trip to Tuscany..it really is wonderful !
Suja

Wow - what fabulous photos! I am leaving for Tuscany with 5 girlfriends on the 19th os September and your pictures getting me so excited for our trip. We are doing a biking trip and adding a couple of days on. Thanks for sharing

@Sharyl : Thank you :) A biking trip in Tuscany sounds fantastic; the weather will be perfect (it was bit hot in August). You'll come back with loads of great pics too, can't quite help it, its all so beautiful ! Enjoy.

Loved your report Suja. We were in the same coffee bar in Arezzo last year. Thanks for sharing.

@bfrac : Glad you enjoyed it :) I went to read your account and enjoyed it tremendously. You never got to finish it?

Suja, Thanks for reading. Life and work piled up on me and got in the way. Maybe I will work on it this weekend for fun instead of working; I wasn't sure if anyone would still be interested.

@bfrac: You are a gifted storyteller, I am sure many would be interested to read your account. Do write up the rest of it !

loved your report, esp the photos that go along with the story ...

Thanks! (now off to read bfrac's - i think i'm addicted to these boards ... please, do not help!)

@screen-name-taken : Thank you :) me too...once I start reading I can't stop..this is a dangerous forum for people who love to travel, you'll spend too much time online and then afterwards plot ways and means of getting to the places you read of :)

Suja, thank you, shukria, for your beautiful photos and descriptive captions!! I will be there --too briefly--in June. Arrezzo is now on the list of day trip "musts."
LOL re shopping and coffee stop for self-respecting tourists-:

You are all so funny. I can relate to the addiction problem, screen name taken; I really missed the forum while I was off working so much. I promise to finish the "parade float" trip report and will have another installment in a day or two.

There are a couple of monasteries you can stay in at St. Bernard Pass (shown in your first photo). St. Bernard, Simplon and Chateau Verdun.
http://www.gsbernard.ch/20/200.html

@CaliNurse : June next year? Lots of time to dream up more places to visit :) Tuscany is full of charm, you'll love it !

@Kybourbon : I have read about that..it would be lovely to stay up there and go walkabout, wouldn't it..

Thanks for your lovely report! I love Toscana!!
I just finished about about living in Montalcino....you may like to read it.
It's called Bel Vino by Isabella Dusi.

@Bailey : Thank you. I love reading traveller's tales so I'll look out for your book, thanks.