Just a short blog to let you know about our special evening—– to end our magical stay here. There are some places that take your breathe away, Ortygia is one of those places We stayed in the Hotel Algila’ on the east coast of the island, away from the crowds. We used it as a…
Ortygia- Sicily
Wordless Wednesday ( sort of) Sicily
Wednesday Market in Certaldo
There is nothing I love more than a market day! I live in Certaldo where we have the large market on Wednesday and a small market just a few food trucks, on Saturday. Where I teach, in Colle Val D’Elsa, the huge market day is on Friday. That pretty much covers it for me. With…
Tomatoes “Tonnati”
The horrible heat wave and drought we have been having has finally been broken but a couple of days of rain. Not really enough, but enough to drop the temps down to something more livable. As we feel summer slipping away, I am enjoying the last tomatoes. These huge tomatoes are more like a steak,…
Wordless Wednesday
Edible Tuscany- Certaldo
I am truly blessed. I live on a tiny hill in the middle of an olive orchard ( ok next to a creepy neighbor building the largest pizza oven of life which is becoming my new “view) in the heart of Tuscany. I don’t live in a huge house, but rather 1/3 of a old…
