Tuscany in August

Back in August Rachel and I went to Tuscany to stay with some friends in their rented villa. Before seeing them we spent a few days on our own in Volterra. Click here to see the full post and all the photos.

There was good coffee . . .


And bottled water . . .



Imposing (and ancient) municipal architecture . . .


Bored tourists and locals. . .


A nice sunset over the Tuscan hills . . .


After two days in Volterra we spent another two days with our friends the Welch family (Susan, Colin, CJ and Peyton) at their rented villa. Their children were very willing to be photographed.




Also in attendance was Colin's dad, Mike from St. Louis. . .


Colin and Susan's friend Greg from Dallas . . .


Fun was had by all in the pool . . .


We even managed to squeeze in a day trip to San Gimignano and I took this group photo . . .

. . . just before this motorbike whizzed by . . .


When we got home Colin cooked us the best ribs, ever! Perfectly timed . . .


Then the next morning we had to get up really early to catch our flight back to London from Pisa. This was the scene at 6am as we left the compound . . .



To see more photos from this trip go here.