Tuscany and Rome With Friends...

Ciao! Here are some pictures from when our friends from Kentucky, Danny and Laura, came to Italy to visit and spend some time with us. We picked them up from Rome and drove to Northern Tuscany and stayed in the region of Arezzo. Our days were filled with driving through tiny Tuscan towns, shopping, eating and drinking lots of cappucino's! After a couple days in Arezzo, we drove a little south and stayed in the town of Assisi, the home of St. Francis who is the patron saint of animals. One afternoon we drove to Montalcino and spent some time touring the Banfi winery, one of the largest wineries in the world. We even ran into our Chicago friends John and Kim, who were visiting Tuscany during their vacation. Talk about being in the right place at the right time! We then headed back to Rome and saw the sights and toured the city with our wonderful tour guide, Mr. Jason Zook :) We all had a great time and couldn't have had a better vacation. Hope you enjoy the pictures! We miss everyone back home and hope all is well!

Beautiful Florence

The massive Duomo in Florence

The dome of the church

Michelangelo's "The David"

The piazza in Montepulciano

Cantine Contucci Winery

The boys with Adamo, the wonderful owner

The girls with Adamo...what a ladies man!

A beautiful view of Assisi

The church that houses St. Francis's tomb. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures, but it was the most beautiful church I had ever seen.

Assisi at night

This was the view looking out from the top of our hotel

Danny and Laura in front of Castello Banfi

The Zooks sure do love their wine!

The Hutchersons

Time for a cappucino break...I believe that was Danny's third one that day!

Our Chicago friends, John and Kim

Rainy afternoon in Rome

The lovebirds in front of the coliseum!

This blog is dedicated to our sweet little friend, CeCe. This was the dog that belonged to the owner of our Agriturismo in Arezzo. Every day he would greet us and then sneak right past us and head upstairs to his favorite chair. CeCe was not allowed inside but always seemed to find a way past us and in the front door! Ciao CeCe!