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Tuscany and FlorenceAfter a few days in Rome, we continued to explore Italy with a visit to a fabulous Tuscany. The villa Casale Podernovo was incredible and we had it all to ourselves. Our friends, Nicky and Nick, and Marc's parents and his brother, Lars, had traveled with us from Rome. We were joined in Tuscany by our friends Barbara, Wolfgang, Bettina and Daniel, Jaimee, Lisa, Cecile and Roland, and Sara and Olivier. After arriving, we had a great dinner at a quaint local restaurant.
The next morning we explored our neighborhood by taking a short walk. Even within that hour, we got a nice impression of the scenery. Upon our return, we met up again with our friends, who had explored other parts of the area. Barbara bought Stefan and Sebastian a couple of toy dragons that were an instant hit with the boys.
We also managed to visit the city of Pisa during the afternoon. It was absolutely necessary to get the all-important "holding the tower" pictures taken. You can see our various attempts below.
Before we celebrated Marc's birthday party, our hosts at the villa took us on a tour of their vineyard and operations.
The day after Marc's birthday party, we spent most of the day in the wonderful city of Florence. We had a tour guide give us a brief tour of the historic city center and spent some time in the Uffizi museum, which contained a lot of famous art works. Afterwards we took a few additional moments to explore the city and then headed back to have dinner in a very local restaurant.
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