OUR WINE TOUR IN FLORENCE
In Florence, we went on a Tuscany wine tour. We went to 2 different places to try wine. We got to know what the process is and be part of it. Now it's your turn to see how it's done.
1st of all, I had to try to eat an olive tree. hahaha. We stopped at a place to take a picture of a town, but instead, we went off the beaten track to take picture of a vineyard close by and an olive tree. We are all about an adventure. We then had to wear these green bandannas. It showed us that we were wine pickers. Wine picking was so much fun, when you can pick a punch and eat a punch. hahaha.
So here are the pictures of what we started with in order to make wine. You gotta pick them 1st. In the 1st photo, the cart full of grapes were picked by the workers. I just wanted to eat it.
This is the start of the wine process. The grapes are put into the machine to take all the stems off. Then the grapes get pumped into the big machine to get pressed into juice. Fresh Grape juice is so sweet. It's to die for!!!
I'm sorry about the white space. Didn't know what else to write. It's all about the pictures. Well, I can tell you that I'm still unemployed and looking for work. I did get a 30 min session for a mock class to teach. My theme, Special event. My topic, Halloween. hahaha. There must be some vocab for the students to learn about. Like monster and goblins and ghosts.
In the past week, Jan and I are trying to get into the rhythm for his schooling, and me participating in volleyball. I played drop in yesterday and didn't know where to go. I played with the beginners. I did not break a sweat and was playing like a beginner. YIKES! We are trying to make our own bread instead of buying it at the store and making a lot of apple crisp. YUM!!! Espeically when it's hot out of the oven with ice cream. What a life I'm having. What more can you ask for. Living up the European lifestyle I guess.
Alright, and during our wine tour, there was a competition between 2 teams. We had to press wine the old fashion way. I was a team leader and Tanya got to press the grapes. What a battle. It was a long and hard fight. It was more for
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un. Winner got a bottle of wine. Unfortunately, we got pressed out by the other team....because they got more grapes to press then we did....or we just had so many Asians on my team!!! hahaha. (There was a group of HK students there)
None the less, the tour was great. I ended up buying a small bottle of wine and olive oil.
Our next vineyard was held at a school. So they say. The was the culinary school for wine. It sure didn't look like a school. There were so many tables to fit the whole group and there was another session outside. There were a lot of wine bottles everywhere and the barrels. We tasted some good wine, but not sure how good. I'm not really a wine drinker. I try to be, but it's too hard. I did end up buy a Truffle Olive oil and 45 Euro Balsamic Vinegar. It's a must get. YUM!!!! If I have any left, i'll bring home back the rest of my bottle. It better last me for a couple of years. 45 EUROS!!!! And why did I spend it on Vinegar????
After a full day of wine tasting, we are now ready for a good nap. :) Here is Tanya with her purchases. What a good day it was.
The Cinque Terre! YOU MUST SEE IF YOU GO TO ITALY!!!
This is the grouse grind I was talking about X 3 during the early postings. We only went to one town. AND IT TOOK 2 and a half hours. No including lunch. We stopped and smelled the roses!!! hahaha. Actually, stopped to think about how we can go get fruit. hahaha. There were veggies and fruit everywhere....because there were families living in the area. It is their year supply of food. How could we. 
You got to be there to really check out the view. The trail can be narrow especially when there are so many tourist. They sometimes have to close down a section because it's too dangerous. Can you believe it. Mud slides and ruin the trails. But what a beautiful place.
Here we are, just moments away. 
