Italy - May and June 1999

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Italy 1999

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My trip to France and Italy in 1999 again included my Mom (she loves France!). We again flew

British Airways through LHR and again they lost my bag. This time, we flew mid-week and spent

a couple of days in Paris before taking the TGV to Avignon to pick up our car. From Avignon, we

again spent a week in the gîtes at Domaine Raspail-Ay in Gigondas, before moving to Bonnieux and sharing a

big Gîtes with Jeanne and Steve Mason and her family: Her Dad, Mom, and Sister Anne. Then, my

Mom and I drove to Florence in Italy and spent a week in and around Florence, mostly seeing Florence

(the most beautiful city in the world!). We then drove to Chianti and spent a week at an Agriturismo,

in the tiny hamlet of Fietri, in the heart of the Chianti wine region. From there, we toured Tuscany and

Umbria, seeing: Montepulciano, Montalcino, Cortona, Spello, Siena, San Gimignano, and many other

towns and villages. We then flew home from Rome.


On the way, SE corner of France	The mountains of NW Italy, with blooming locust trees	The mountains of NW Italy, with blooming locust trees	The mountains of NW Italy, with blooming locust trees

The Cinque Terre	The Cinque Terre	The Cinque Terre	The Cinque Terre	The Cinque Terre

Our hotel room in Florence and a lunch	View from our hotel room in Florence	View from our hotel room in Florence	View from our hotel room in Florence, the Duomo bell tower peeking out	Florence, the Duomo

The Duomo, with the famous Baptistry of St. John, at left	The Duomo	The Duomo	Inside the Baptistry of St. John	Inside the Baptistry of St. John

The Arno River	Piazza della Signoria	Piazza della Signoria	The Fountain of Neptune in the Town Square (the Piazza della Signoria)	Copy of Michaelangelo's David in the Piazza della Signoria

Basilica of Santa Maria Novella	Street scene	Florence: Scooters!	The Basilica of San Lorenzo (which doesn't have the fancy marble façade yet.)	The Duomo

The Duomo	The engineer of the Duomo: Philippo Brunelleschi	The climb to the top of the Duomo	View from the top of the Duomo	View from the top of the Duomo

General views of Florence, showing the Ponte Vecchio, the Arno River and the Duomo	Another copy of the David	The Arno River	Florence: The Ponte Vecchio	Florence: The Ponte Vecchio

The (actual) David by Michelangelo at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze	David by Michelangelo at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze	David by Michelangelo at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze	Frescoes, Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze	Frescoes, Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze

Another lunch in the hotel room	Tuscany	The B&B we stayed at above Florence	The B&B we stayed at above Florence	The B&B we stayed at above Florence, the view from the room window.

The B&B we stayed at above Florence, the view from the grounds	The B&B we stayed at above Florence, the view from the grounds	The B&B we stayed at above Florence	The B&B we stayed at above Florence	Scenery of Tuscany

Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany

Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Picnic lunch, on the hood of the car	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany

Scenery of Tuscany: Olive branches	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Scenery of Tuscany	Chianti: Castello Broglio

Scenery of Tuscany	Our Agriturismo at Fietri	The hamlet of Fietri	Montalcino	Montalcino

Montepulciano	Montepulciano	Montepulciano	San Gimignano	San Gimignano

San Gimignano	San Gimignano	San Gimignano	Grape flowers at Fietri	Grape flowers at Fietri

Siena	Siena	Siena	Siena, the Duomo	Siena, the Duomo

Siena, the Duomo	Siena, the Duomo	Siena, the Duomo	Siena, The town square (Piazza del Campo, where they run the Palio)	Siena, The town square (Piazza del Campo, where they run the Palio)

Siena, The town square (Piazza del Campo, where they run the Palio)	Siena, The town square (Piazza del Campo, where they run the Palio)	Radda in Chianti	Radda in Chianti	Cortona

Near Spello	Umbrian countryside, near Volterra	Umbrian countryside	Umbrian countryside	Umbrian countryside

Vertine. We hiked from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda	The hike from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda	The hike from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda: Vertine	The hike from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda	The hike from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda

The hike from Gaiole in Chianti to Radda	Our Agriturismo at Fietri in Chianti: L to R Jeanne and Steve Mason, Anne Gengler, Jeanne's Mom, the owner of the place, my Mom, Jeanne's Dad, the last night