Posted in Adventure, tagged Italy, Tuscany on August 10, 2008, Sunday | Leave a Comment »
Cortona, Tuscany. Home to Frances Mayes’ Bramasole. I arrived the night before, had the best tartufo ever for dinner, and was set to explore this romantic town by day, under the Tuscan sun.
I stayed at Il Sole del Sodo, a Bread and Breakfast a kilometer downhill from Cortona.
Despite an air of casual carelessness, the B&B is clearly run with taste [...]
Posted in Adventure, tagged Italy, Tuscany on August 8, 2008, Friday | Leave a Comment »
The movie Under the Tuscan Sun enamored me with the thought of buying a villa and vineyard in Tuscany, on a whim and the spur of a moment. I felt the same about Peter Mayle’s books — A Good Year, Hotel Pastis, etc. At my age it’s easy to get enamored with “happy ever after” early retirement stories.
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Posted in Adventure, tagged Italy, Tuscany on July 26, 2008, Saturday | 5 Comments »
I told Carlo I would give up flying to retire in this place. That says a lot.
(Carlo knows my childhood dream had always been to be an airplane pilot. My teenage dream was to become a rock star in Led Zeppelin, but that was just hormones.)
It only took 46 years, but I did become a pilot. [...]
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