Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy. Ravioli Salvia e burro is probably one of my favourite pastas and this one was just delicious and looked so pretty. We stopped off, at a what seemed like, an unremarkable cafe to have a quick bowl of pasta and it was probably the best. Made by Mamma of
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. This is a picture of the San Filippo thermal baths set in the middle of the woods in Southern Tuscany. No, that isn’t water cascading down the hill but calcification from the thermal water or possibly something to do with the sulphur in the hot water springs which bleaches
Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy. This is a view of Pienza as we drove up to it last weekend. It’s a most beautiful town with the most spectacular views across the rolling Tuscan hills.
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy – January snow on the mountains viewed from the home of Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy.
Here is Georgie again. He is 15 months old. A very big puppy now. We took a picture of him in the very same spot this time last year when he was a little puppy. You can’t really go wrong with a Golden Retriever. That is what our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in
On the last day of the Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy our guests go to Sommocolonia, the hilltop village not far from Val di Pozza. They sketch the arches, narrow walkways, stone houses and aerial views of Barga using watercolours and watercolour pencils. It’s 2,330 feet above sea level so you feel as if
Italy has so many ornate churches. This one is particularly beautiful with its vaulted ceiling and frescoes. However, not all Italian churches are ornate. The cathedral of Barga called, Il Duomo di San Cristoforo, is a simple church reflecting the humble lives of the Garfagnana farm workers. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in
This is San Candido in The Dolomites where, we spent Christmas last year. It could quite easily be Barga covered in snow. We are all hoping for a white Christmas at Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy.
This is Georgie on his Sunday walk from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy to Barga through the woods at Catagnana with that look of “Come on, hurry up, where are you?”
Georgie can’t resist immersing himself in crispy autumn leaves. I suppose it’s like a canine full body massage; the crackling and crunching sound of the leaves adding to the pleasure. The leaves arrived during the last few windy nights. We woke up yesterday to find we couldn’t open the back door without the autumn foliage