Yes you can understand why the Brits love Tuscany so much too. E proprio bellissimo.
Umbria next door is also full of treats: Gubbio, Perugia and Assisi are well worth a visit and the landscape can be just as beautiful.

Wow, I can almost feel and especially taste it. Thanks for living that for some of the rest of us. Oh,…maybe someday (Deb wants to go to where her ancestry is from sometime, Germany. That would be fun, too, with the beer and everything.)

How relaxing! You guys know how to do it!
Safe travels home…you’d probably like to stay forever!
We’re all envious!

I totally agree with you and Kris. I think Firenze is entirely overrun with American art history students, and thus less enjoyable than lesser known sites. I spent a day in Volterra in 1989 — I bet it hasn’t changed a bit.

You could be a writer for travelogues–you help us see, hear and taste Italy!

Scot,
You’re scaring me with the negative comments about Florence. I’m planning on taking a trip there to see the art for my 25th wedding anniversary. What’s the story? Too many crowds?

CAS,
Florence is wonderful, magnificent, but yes crowded and full of students. Well worth the effort, I’d say. You may know this (we didn’t): book your spot for the major museums as far in advance as you can, as in months. We had to wait in line for two hours to see the Uffizi (well worth the wait) but we naively thought we could call two days ahead and get a reservation. (PS: I went there as a 20th anniversary trip two years ago.)

Thanks Diane, I appreciate the tips : )

I too loved Tuscany (and Umbria) and if not for pesky details like three children at home … ah … could have stayed for a long, long, long time. Now Scot, as one gelato fan to another could you define what an “occasional” gelato is …? I’m curious …

favorite gelato flavors include….. ?

Das mit den Deutschkenntnissen wusste ich gar nicht – wie schön! Noch einen gesegneten Urlaub in der Toskana!

To CAS:
Florence must be visited, experienced, explord. For sure book museums ahead. Pay attention to Mondays (many are closed) and find out holidays and rennovation periods. The David must have a reserved ticket of the wait is horrible.
But Florence can get tiring too. The crowds, the noise, the busyness of the city. Tuscany is so marvelous, so enchanting that it is worth it to do both Florence and then some other town. San Gimigniano is a favorite with Europeans who travel to Italy and skip the big cities.
Happy honeymoon!
Julie

LOL – 25th wedding anniversary. Not honeymoon!
Definitely include a trip to Tuscany. More romantic.
Julie

Diane,
Never more than two per day.