While traveling to our different destinations we saw lots of landscapes of
Tuscany.  Here are a few of the farmhouses and vineyards and farms we saw along the way.  The most amazing site was how many sunflowers fields there were.  Most of the sunflowers had already been harvested and were dying.  Later in our trip, near Cortona we came across some live sunflowers and I will include them in a later post.  Stay tuned for Venice next- my favorite city…..   Doreen

  Dave loves pizza and we had lots of opportunities to try the italian version during our trip.  While we were in Siena we came across a giant pizza in the doorway of a restaurant.  I had to have Dave pose with the pizza for our grandon, Austin.  The pizza was great and we loved the thin crust and lots of cheese.  They had many different varieties of pizza- even french fries on pizza!
Siena is one of the most beautiful walled cities in all of Italy.  The Piazza del Campo is the central square where they have horse races around the perimeter of the square in mid August.  Surrounding the square are numerous lovely churches and palaces dating from the twelth to sixteenth centuries.  Here and throughout the city are some of the most splendid examples ofGothic architecture in Italy.  Automobiles are banned from the city center so we could walk and view the beauty of the city without worrying about being run over by a motorscooter.    The driving age  in Italy for motorscooters is 14, so we were never quite sure that we were safe with the kids driving and on their cellphones or texting while we were crossing the roads. 

Tuscany travel photography.  We had a chance to go all over Tuscany while in Italy.  We visited the charming medieval city of Radicofani.  It is a charming little town built in the tenth century.  We were the only tourists there during our visit and we wandered down many of the narrow streets and explored the Old Town and saw the hilltop fortress.  After Radiocofani we stopped at a family-owned farmhouse and had a traditional Tuscan homemade meal and sampled vintages from the family’s vineyards.  Hope you like my Tuscany travel photography pictures.