I must admit: I did not make the best of this trip to Italy over Easter photographically. But lame of foot as I am, constantly struggling with pain, I was often satisfied with sitting in the garden of our lovely house with a glass of wine enjoying the panorama of the tuscanian hills with Volterra on a cliff on the other side of the valley.
May others roam the streets of Siena or San Gimignano – I liked Lari and its castle and Terriciola just as much. This was supposed to be a holiday for relaxing in the first place, not an educational journey. Getting a bad cold (nasty cough especially) in the cold wind from the east before Easter did not fuel my drive to explore the region either. Yet I found it a little sad that my old workhorse, the Contax RTS II jammed after the first frame. So I took no analog photos and the Zeiss 18mm and 85mm were useless this time. Perhaps a good reason to go back to Tuscany some day.
Inscription in our house, the Villa Podere Croci, which was once inhabitated by monks
Moon over our house in Rivalto
Sunrise at Rivalto
View towards the Apennin from the castle in Lari
Private backyard in Lari
Clock of church in Lari
View towards the Apennin from the castle in Lari
Coat of arms at the castle in Lari
Coat of arms at the castle in Lari
Coat of arms at the castle in Lari
Coat of arms at the castle in Lari
View towards the Apennin from the castle in Lari
Coat of arms at the castle in Lari
Detail at the castle in Lari
View from the castle in Lari
Congratulations!
View from the castle in Lari
Regular visitor
Volterra seemed so near
Landscape near Terricciola
View from Terricciola
Door detail in Terriciola
Lovely panorama
Cooking in the large kitchen
Flowers on our meadow
Olive tree near our house, Podere Croci
View from the garden towards Volterra
Detail of a door in Terriciola
Reading in the large kitchen
Sieht nach einer sehr erholsamen Zeit aus. 🙂
Und den fiesen Husten hast nicht nur Du abgekriegt – bist ihn inzwischen wieder los?
Ja, das war es auch. Jedenfalls für einen »Hordenurlaub« 😉
Ich bin nur noch etwas verschnupft. Bei mir es nicht mal so schlimm wie bei Sabine, die sich Tag und Nacht die Lunge rausgehustet hat. Wir haben uns dann aus der Apotheke was geholt, was auch gut geholfen hat.