Northern Italy Trip – Quick Photo Report

[jmq]

Biongorno! We just returned from a long (first-time) trip to Italy.

We enjoyed it thoroughly. Weather was great, trains were on time, food wine and gelato were fantastic, people were friendly, even driving through Tuscany and Chianti wasn’t bad once you got used to the possibility of cars, scooters and motorcycles passing you at any time.

Here are some photos from the first pass through of editing (the photo opps were massive) as I do not know when I will get to a real trip report write up (soon hopefully) as we have our hands full with the return to real life. So, consider this a teaser!

And yes, we did manage to meet up with everybody’s favorite webmaster on a very pleasant evening in Florence.


Lake Como/Bellagio

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Milan

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Cinque Terre

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Tuscany

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Florence

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[Coden]

Thanks for the trip to Italy...I enjoyed the pics!

[Maggy]

Love your pictures. Thanks for sharing.

I regcognize San Gimignano and Sienna. Cinque terre is on our list.

[PA Girl]

Lovely! Many years ago my husband had a friend who was in the silk business and travelled to that region regularly. My husband went along one time and has talked about returning ever since.

Excellent pictures.

[Lovermont]

Beautiful! You've got a great eye, and the subject matter is stunning. I've never explored the lakes. I must put that on my list. Thanks for posting these; I'll keep my fingers crossed for a full trip report.

[liamsaunt]

Gorgeous! I'd love to see more once you are through editing.

[ski2play]

Absolutely delightful! Thanks so for sharing...we look forward to more, more, more!

[Nic in KC]

Awesome pictures! I can almost feel the air and taste the pizza after seeing your pictures. It's been 8 years since I've been there, but what a trip! Your pictures are gorgeous! I'm with Maggy, surely a couple of those are San Gimignano, I love that town!

Feel free to share more if you are willing!

[Anthony]

Great photos - you did have great weather when you were here. Thanks for posting these - I have to get up to the lakes!

[shoemak38]

great photos thanks for posting

[linne]

Your photoes are just fantastic. What a lot you have seen. How many days were you in Italy?

Linne

[chrisn]

AMAZING!

[CBama]

great pictures.... did not think to take pics of the gelato... we tried several different flavors while we were in Venice....

[Maggy]

OK, I looked through your great pictures again and now I also can see Volterra .

Hubby and I have thought about where to go this summer for a shorter trip and these photos really make me miss Italy. It's just over two hours to fly to Milan from Stockholm so it's very suitable for a 5-6 days trip. Hmmm, maybe I shall start planning ?

[jmq]

Maggy – if you were to concentrate on Tuscany, probably better to fly into Pisa or Florence. We picked up the car in Pisa and drove southeast to stay for 3 nights at a wonderful “Agriturismo” (a farmhouse B&B) just south of Siena, stopping in Voltera and San Gimignano on the way there.

From there, it was close for a daytrip to Siena, and then the countryside and hill towns south of Siena. Driving between the hill towns of Montalcino, Pienza, and Montelpuciano through the Valley d’Orcia was knock your socks off beautiful – prettier than the California wine country.
Then, the drive north between Siena and Florence through Chianti was also quite stunning.