Tuscany!

We flew from Dublin to Rome last Sat. On Friday night we were out at a wonderful restaurant in Dublin, Trocadero, with Richard, Niall, Carina, Petrina and Mom. Didn't get back to our hotel room until 1:30am and we had to get up at 4am for a 7am flight. After our week in Ireland our livers need detoxifying - had a great time but, my God, it was exhausting!

Met our friends Jennifer and Alec at the Rome airport and now we're in the lovely Tuscan town of Montefollonico - a small medieval hilltop town. The cooking school is located here. The scenery is just stunning!















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Needless to say we are being fed constantly here at the cooking school which is situated in a 300 year old farmhouse and operates out of a Michelin starred restaurant, La Chiusa....the food is excellent...wonderful people running the school. The classes are a combination of observation and participation...you can be hands on as much as you want. Learned today to make ravioli and "pici" - the local Tuscan noodle. Every meal is 4 courses so it will be impossible not to put on a few pounds here. Yesterday Carl and I walked from Montepulciano to Montefollonico - a distance of 7 kilometres, all in an effort to burn off a few calories. Weather here is perfect. Apparently it rained everyday last week.

Each night we dine at a different local restaurant. Last night was 13 Gobbi and tonight was La Porta in the charming town of Monticiello. Carl and Alec are off on a wine tour tomorrow while we cook up another delicious lunch. Life is pretty good here.

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