New Places Firenze Trattoria la Casalinga Via dei Michelozzi 9 (https://trattorialacasalinga.it/en/home-eng/) I ate here my last night in Firenze, after a lonely and fairly miserable week attending language school where I was forced to take private lessons. To add to the misery, my Air BnB apartment was horrible, gloomy and dark and poorly […]
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More Places to Eat
In 2021, both when I was traveling alone and when I was with my sister and niece, I had the opportunity to try several excellent new restaurants as well as some old favorites. Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions, my experiences when dining alone weren’t nearly as good as when I was with other people. […]
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In 2021 I only visited one new vineyard and revisited a favorite from 2016. But I tried a number of new entocas plus enjoyed one in Montalcino that I’d visited before. Near San Gimignano Tenuta Torciano https://www.torciano.com/en/ My sister and I decided to visit southern Tuscany again in 2021 (see Five Days in Southern Tuscany post). […]
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Restaurants, wine bars and other fun places Before I write about some of my favorite restaurants (plus a few places to avoid or that were disappointing) I want to talk about why I generally love the dining experience in France and Italy. My daughter says I’m the slowest eater in the Western Hemisphere and maybe […]
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On my first trip to Europe– the bike trip in Provence–we were constantly stopping at small vineyards and cavés which was my first real introduction to wine; and as an aside biking and wine tasting can be challenging. There were several people on the trip who were quite knowledgeable about wine and treated us novices […]
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