And a Place to Drink Wine

Checked with Zeno at Pitta Gola e Cantina and they will be open when we are there for meals and wine tasting.

Pitti Gola e Cantina   

A recent Review on the wine bar:

We visited a wine bar in Florence for this. It was only for 6 people so we had a very personalized tasting. Zeno, one of the owners was our host and he is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about what he does. We learned a lot and sampled several good wines and cheeses. Zeno loves what he does so he actually gave us a lot more wine to taste than the tour states. Further, the great thing was that he didn't try pushing us to buy his wines. He really enjoys wine and that is why he does the tastings. It was refreshing that we could sit there and enjoy wo having the host advertising his products at the same time. Further, the wines were all of very good quality and calibur. For those living in the US, the ship the wines you purchase to your home which makes it much easier than carrying them around in your luggage. I cannot say enough about this experience, its a must for wine lovers or those who want to really experience the Tuscan region.

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Reviewed by: Risha N, United States of America, July 2010

First a Place to Stay

So we searched on the web and looked at apartments. We found a lot of nice apartments and settled on one listed on VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) ( http://www.vrbo.com/ ) , suggested to us by a friend. The Web and sights like TripAdvisor had great listings.


Found an apartment near the Ponte Vecchio

Christmas Italy 2010

Sounded like a good idea to spend christmas in Italy with the kids. 

A different Christmas than 2008 in Bangladesh....