Volterra to Florence
Fabulous minestrone soup, clearly made from scratch
Sirloin steak with unripe peaches and shredded truffles. The small green peaches were like olives with a slightly peachy flavor
Pici with tomato garlic sauce which was ALMOST as good as what we made in our cooking class
Tiramisu. Oops! It was inhaled before the photo. They assemble these when ordered
The Basilica Santa Maria Novella has an unusually long nave whose length is further emphasized by arches and pillars that get smaller as they approach the alter. In the middle is Giotto’s Crucifix
The Last Supper (6.5x25 ft) painted by Plautilla Nelli, a self-taught artist and nun, for her convent’s refractory. She ran an all-women’s artist’s workshop out of her convent.
Painted around 1568, it was in storage for the last 450 years
Frescoed cloisters. This and many churches had their art badly damaged by the 1966 flood of the Arno. The highest water level was 22 feet in the Santa Croce area
It was all great and we just ate at normal inexpensive restaurants. The usual under $20 meal!
all the food in your travels looks AMAZING. The Minestrone looks crazy good and very different from our apparently bastardized version.