Under the Tuscan Sun!

It was such a perfect place to spend three days.....sandwiched between Florence and Rome, Tuscany was like a small peace of Heaven, well at least it was cooler in temperature :-). And Justin would like to go on record to say it wasn't that bad in Florence. He would! :-)

After leaving Florence, we rented a car and took to the Tuscan roads. We purposefully drove on some scenic routes, which turned out to be well worth it. We made a couple of stops along the way, Monticino (for lunch), and Montipulciano (just to see it and grab some coffee), which were really fun. We even learned that a scene from a certain popular movie was filmed in Montipulciano (you'll have to see if you can figure out which one). We finally arrived in Cortona, where we stayed for three nights. Cortona was amazing.....it was beautiful, cool, and had great food and gelato! We even saw Francis May's house (and maybe Fran herself, funny story, ask us later), the author who wrote Under the Tuscan Sun which the movie was based off of. And we also made it to Assisi (home of Francis of Assisi) and to a vineyard to learn all about how they make true Italian wine.

In short, we loved seeing the beautiful Italian countryside and were blessed by God's creation immensely.

Check out all the pics from Tuscany HERE.