and a daytemperature around 30 degrees Celcius.
Leaving the airport in Pisa the day of our arrival, the first I saw was a hugh billboard on the street, announcing the TdS-concert on July 5th. It felt like a warm welcome home!!!
The second day in Tuscany we went to the beach of Forte dei Marmi for some hours in the sun and we walked through the town also. It was great to be there again and we rememered a lot from last year. As much as possible, we went to the beach in Forte dei Marmi and several times we had dinner in FdM in the same restaurant as last year.
We have been to Lucca to see the Palazzo Pfanner and its beautiful garden and visited Pisa, Seravezza, Collodi and the gardino di villa Garzoni, Monterosse and Torre del Lago Puccini too. One day, we spent the day in Aqua Village in Cecina. Our trip to Firenze to see the Boboli gardens has fallen into water: being there about an hour, the rain was pouring down and because of the thunder the garden was closed. The rain had no plans to leave, so we walked through wet Firenze to see some other things.
On our first friday, we had a daytrip to
Lajatico. First we bought 8 bottles Bocelli-wine and some olive-oil. The woman who was helping us in the shop remembered us, than we bought wine last year too.
Then we walked around in Lajatico and took pictures. Walking around, we discovered a little shop, where TdS-tshirts were sold as well as wine, honey and olive oil with the TdS-picture on the label. From this shop, we also took some small concert-posters and a 2007 programm-book back home.
The best of this day and maybe of our holiday: the woman in this little shop gave both my sister and me a card with the Amore-picture and it is handsigned by Andrea himself. WOW !!!
The last part of the daytrip was to see the TdS. Amazing amazing...you stop breathing seeing this place. There were on people at that moment, just we. I tried to imagine, how the concert must have been. The acoustic qualities are very very good: my sister was talking to her daughter and I, standing on the other side, could hear every word they said. Of course, our cameras had a lot to work this day.
Because of the security, it is not allowed to have liquids in your hand luggage, we drank all our bottles of Bocelli-wine and took the empty bottles home in our hand luggage. The people at the airport were surprised, but understood after explaining.
Being back
in the Netherlands is not easy: missing Tuscay had to be overcome and that will be a hard job, taking its time. I already feel homesick. My sister did say it this way: we are three weeks at home and in the Netherlands we are on holiday during the other weeks of the year.
, I'm sure the transition back to your home after such a terrific vacation would be a challenge - thank you for your posting. LOL Eleanora
