Upside down.

We are off to New York for the weekend on Thursday. When we were there in June, these banners were all over the place.....

I wonder what they will be saying now....?

Watch this space........

Tuscany revisited.

We never need much of an excuse to visit Italy, and an invitation to join some Kiwi friends in Tuscany for a week was another good opportunity.

Lunching and dining were high on the agenda

Adventure tourism as far as the eye could see....!

and a mobile Fish and Chip shop to beat them all!

After a few days in Lucca with the troops, we returned to our "bolt hole", Colle di Val d'Elsa....

...and didn't know there was a "crystal" festival on. The town is famous for it's glass-blowers.

The next morning we were wondering what all the noise was about until we opened the shutters

and the party lasted all day, including a procession of the Madonna at 6:00pm

Then on to one of my favourite roads - the road to Bolgheri. Home to many super-Tuscan wines including, Ornellaia, Sassacaia, Tignanello, Masseto

and another lunch under the Tuscan sun.

Then stumbled on to a local fair, which inluded Italian "cowboys" and a local "bush" band which seemed to play better on the run!

Thanks for inviting us guys, until next time.........?

Munich before the madness...

A few days in Munich is always a good excuse to try the local brew and you are never far away from an opportunity. The beerfest starts on 20/09 so we missed the rush!As always it never takes Adele long to find a another soul-mate. Chrys is an ex-pat from Ch Ch living in Munich, and we spent a lovely evening with her.
Very colourful!
A day out of town was spent on Lake Starnberg nearby. Obviously a playground for the locals.The weather was "out of the box"!