After wrapping up our four days in Tuscany with Gaiole and Pisa, I promised a post on everything we learned about renting a car in the region — the good, the stressful, and the “wait, is that a fine in the mail” parts. Here it is. Coming from an archipelago country where we fly everywhere, driving…
After our heatwave day trip to San Gimignano and Siena, day 3 in Tuscany brought a reunion: Hubby finally rejoined us after his whirlwind Jakarta detour. He flew back into Rome, hopped on the express train into Roma Termini, then caught the high-speed train up to Florence. Meanwhile, we took the bus in from Panzano to…
After two whirlwind days in Rome and a morning wrangling the Vatican with kids in tow — read: gelato-fuelled walking marathons and one very memorable McNuggets negotiation — we packed our bags and headed to Tuscany. Because Diane Lane told me to. Okay, not personally, but after watching Under the Tuscan Sun, I knew one day I’d have to sip…
