Our day hiking Cinque Terre – five beautiful coastal villages in Italy!

Before we leave our agriturismo in Piozzano and head to Florence, there’s one final activity to recap – hiking Cinque Terre! This hike was one of the main things that Damian wanted to do in Italy, and we had even planned to do it one day when we were in Montecarlo, but it rained. This hike and these five little…

Best food day ever: Touring a Parmigiano Reggiano factory and a balsamic vinegar producer!

After our time spent at an agriturismo in Piozzano, we were about to head to Florence (spoiler: Florence ended up being my favorite city in Italy). But, on the way we decided to really make sure we got the most out of our time in the foodie Emilia Romagna region by stopping to tour a Parmigiano Reggiano factory and a…

Our third (and final) agriturismo in Italy – in Emilia Romagna!

As I’ve talked about before, we have love love loved agriturismo life in Italy. We lived on one in Montecarlo and then on another in the Chianti region. Today I wanted to write about our third (and final, sad face) agriturismo stay during our time in Italy, this time in the Emilia Romagna region! What is Emilia Romagna? Emilia…

Our day exploring Siena Italy!

Oh Siena! Siena Italy (which is what I call it in my head instead of just straight Siena, oh well) was only about 20 minutes away from our agriturismo in Chianti Italy, but for some reason, I just wasn’t super stoked about it. I didn’t have anything against it, but I wasn’t really excited to spend the…

Visiting wineries and wine tastings in Chianti, Italy!

Yay, it’s time to talk about the wine tastings we did in Chianti, Italy! As I mentioned in my last post, we stayed for a little over a week in an agriturismo in the Chianti Classico region, and we mostly just chilled and explored the local area. One of the biggest draws of the local area is the abundance…