On our way home

Our trip home this morning actually began before 8 am. We woke at about 6:45 and took care of everything faster than even we had anticipated. We even had time for a short walk with Ayla before piling in the Defender and heading out on our 1000 km trip home. We...

A very long day

As usual, we were up at 6:45 with Ayla. Her internal alarm clock truly is something lol.We planned to be on the road by 8 am since we knew we had about 10 hours of driving ahead of us without any stops and we didn’t want to get back home too late since hubby had...

A quest for Chianti and olive oil

Our plans today revolved around getting Steffen’s van fixed. The repair guy was supposed to show up at 9 am but I guess everything moves a bit slower here and they didn’t actually arrive until 11. They took a look at the van and though it was the oil pan...

Our last day

As has more or less been the usual routine, Ayla woke us up at about 6:45 this morning. We fed her and then took her for a walk at around 8 and our friends were awake by then also since the auto repair guy was supposed to come at 9 am. Since they have a small market...

Driving and driving

After a somewhat short 5 hour sleep, we got up on Tuesday morning to continue on our journey. Today’s trek would take us from Ponte Sabbioni to somewhere around Florence. About a 400 km drive, we were looking at almost a full day’s drive with a few breaks...

Welcome to Tuscany

After a rather long and twisting road through the mountains, we have arrived at our campsite in the Mugello region (Camping Village Mugello Verde) and are happy to settle in here. Ayla didn’t seem to mind the twists and turns up and down the mountains on the...