Three Days in Tuscany

Excerpts from Lady Chatterley’s Lover flick through my mind as I peep over sidewards through the rums of my straw hat. The buff but not quite good looking enough groundsman is cleaning the villa pool five meters from me, putting bobs and pieces of tools away in the shed in which, earlier during the day when he wasn’t there, an episode of bikini-chainsaw photoshoot occurred on top of his tractor. (Ro and Helen encouraged me, really…) We dreaded he would walk in… Now I’m sitting on a blue and white striped deck chair sipping on white wine over a novel, but not concentrating because I’m feeling a little… No FB, No!

The town of Saint Rocco is small and tucked away in one of many hills rolling around this vast open country side. Its just like the post cards. Old stone villas, stretches of grapevines, sunflower fields, the dry scorching heat. We are terribly lucky to be staying in a huge family run villa for a very reasonable price only 30 minutes out of Sienna. The host family is absolutely friendly, and the property is beautiful – cool, spacious and gorgeously decorated rooms inside, and a lush garden outside complete with chickens and a blow-up swimming pool. Very easy to please us ladies.

By day we do nothing but lounge around and read, and on one occasion biked around the different villages and farmland in the area and exploring the country side, finding a stream to cool down and get tanned. By night we enjoy delicious delicatessen food and bargain local wine and watch the stars sparkle in the distance. Why would anyone want to leave?

further photos to be updated