la bella vita

as i was browsing through my blog, i realized my italy post was missing more than half of it's content. serious sadness up in here. so, here we go, from over an entire year ago, the first half of my italian adventure with the fabulous hoffmann family during october of two thousand ten.

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we left osanbruck early, around four in the morning, and drove all day before finally arriving in tuscany. i remember driving across the country seeing signs for milan, rome, and venice, thinking 'there is no way this can be real.' i was on a modern day highway headed towards the mecca of art and history.

the first villa we stayed in was in pistoia. each day was spent in a nearby larger town, exploring, sightseeing, and most importantly, eating. our first stop, montecatini.

small, yet charming, montecatini boasts a world famous spa sanctuary and numerous health clubs. brangelina has been spotted there before, just sayin'.

another day we went to lucca, which i was really excited for because our close friends stevo and chris have family there. i also just like the name lucca.

we spent time lounging by the pool, and enjoying each others company, and taking it easy.

during the first week we also went to siena, which ended up being my favorite spot.

this picture was purely accidental, but so cute. do these people look familiar?

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wow, that was a heavy picture post. 

for those of you who stuck around, i congratulate you. 

hopefully i'll get my act together and show you more of italy in the next few days.