Churches and a castle in Poggibonsi

[June 2023] On our trip to unknown towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, the next place we went was Poggibonsi. This is the point where people who go to…

At a restaurant with a trite name

walking towards the restaurant [June 2023] In Poggibonsi, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy, my husband searched the internet and selected a restaurant, then called and made a…

An old man, the lifesaver for us

a man with a dog in Poggibonsi [June 2023] After getting full at a restaurant in Poggibonsi, a modest town in the Tuscany region of Italy, we were at a…

Homeland of Boccaccio

[June 2023] The names I learned as a child remain somewhere in the back of my mind, and the poet Boccaccio is one of them. Certaldo, in the Tuscany region…

Light lunch at an enoteca

[June 2023] We had lunch after visiting the main tourist attractions in Certaldo in the Tuscany region of Italy. Enoteca Boccaccio, a small restaurant We had been curious about Enoteca…

Incidentally, Florence

[June 2023] After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm,…

Journey to the hotel

[July 2023] On our last two trips to Paris, France, we encountered a lot of troubles in a row, including demonstrations and a general strike, but this was our third…