Chianti

As you will have read, we are presently in siena for the Palio. 

 

We are staying in a little farmhouse in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, near a little village called Lucolena.  Lucolena has a few hundred people, a shop and a pizzeria which is fantastic but is open only 3 nights a week.  It is an agricultural village.  We are very lucky - our little farmhouse is very cute and recently renovated and has its own cute little garden with an amazing outlook over tuscan hills.  The satellite TV is eccentric.  2 channels of Al Jazeera, Algerian TV, Abu Dhabi TV, Syrian TV, lots of shopping, an arabic childrens channel, Azerbaijan TV and so very many more.  500 plus channels of TV and radio.  2 channels in english.  BBC International and Bloomberg.

 

In fact the views everywhere are incredible.  We are getting sick of telling eachother to look at the view - they are always good.

 

Food is great.  Pizza, pasta, cheese, bread, olive oil, tomatoes, wine, pastries and so much good coffee.  I had better not get started on the coffee or I will never stop. 

 

So far we've visited Panzano (for an arts festival), Greve, Arezzo, Cortona - and a number of small towns whose names presently escape me.  Such a beautiful part of the world.