Renaissance Tuscany - first two days

Okay, the first day at the resort stayed out admiring the spectacular view from the breakfast balcony across the valley. It is fantastic. The day started out not as warm as we would have hoped and deteriorated in fits and starts throughout the day. By the time we had consumed a very late and leisurely breakfast and mucked about admiring parts of he resort half the day had gone. In the afternoon we piled into two of the three cars (they are all small, as is necessary in this part of the world) and drove to the nearest golf course to see what we thought. It doesn't appear that there is the ability to hire clubs so that is out. We then headed on to the nearest village called Braga. It is not a tourist destination of any significance and we had trouble finding a suitable place for lunch that didn't have a photographic menu (these have been ruled out as potential places to eat as they end up as duds. If you have to show photos of the food then it is no good). To cut a long story short we went back to be resort and settled in for several hours commencing with lunch at 4PM, with accompanying coffee or alcoholic beveridges. This continued with afternoon drinks, and then was followed up with dinner......

Today
Rebecca wanted to see Florence while she is in Tuscany so the three of us, with Kev in tow, piled into our little Fiat 500 i.e. Bambino and drove a couple of hours south into Florence. It was a scorcher as we wandered around the tourist traps admiring the buildings and statutes. We didn't venture into any of the museums, it was enough to walk around to get a good feel for the place. We walked up to the lookout over the city and was able to appreciate the fantastic view. Michael and I had good memories of the view from when we stayed in a nearby motor camp which overlooked the city back in 1987. I managed to buy a new leather jacket so it was a productive day. Michael is a bit of a whiz driving around in the baby Fiat. It surprisingly manages 120kms no problems (on the flat) but is pathetic on the hill where you need to drop into first gear at times!

We are eating in the nicer resturant at the resort for dinner tonight and Lisa has ordained that we put on our dresses for the occasion.