Italian Cypress hills
October 11, 2012 § Leave a Comment
During my weekend in Montalcino I took a couple of photos of the majestic Cipressi trees found in the area.
These were shot with my iPhone and edited in Instagram #oforolimpia
Our horse Teddy loves obstructing the road when we have to leave…
Sette di Vino Review
October 10, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Sette di Vino offers some of the best Tuscan starters I have ever tasted!
With a long list of Crostini and Bruschette, you won’t leave this place unhappy.
Located in the Piazza di Spagna in Pienza, its perfect to sit outside and enjoy the sunny weather. In case of rain there is also an indoors room upstairs that fits around 4 big tables.
My personal favorite is the Crostino of Ricotta and Cipolle (onions) its delicious!
Go there hungry as you will want to try all that is on the menu!
Price wise varies around 30 euros for 2 people with wine. Not bad!
and the service is great!
Piazza di Spagna 1, 53026 Pienza, Italy
0578749092
Pretty little town in the middle of Tuscan hills
October 10, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Pienza is one of my favorite places to head to when we go for the weekend to Tuscany.
Located just 20 mins away from Montalcino, where we stay, its the perfect place to stop by for lunch and show our friends around.
Being on top of a hill it offers fantastic views along the never ending hills.
And it’s home of one of my favorite tuscan restaurants in the area: Sette di Vino (next post coming up)
Il Chiostro di Pienza – It has a lovely courtyard and a pretty view amongst the hills, but unfortunately the looks of the place can’t explain the exorbitant price for a coffee and the rudeness of the service (I hate to write bad reviews, but this place really ticked me off )
Terrace in Piazza di Spagna
Street of the Kiss
Where did he go?
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Tiny worlds
October 3, 2012 § Leave a Comment
While going through my photo catalogs I stumbled across this funny series I had made with my iPhone app TINY WORLDS.
I recommend you try it!
These are edits of Tuscan scenes:
Sardegna:
Mexico:
LA:
Turks and Caicos:
Greece:
Cannes:
Gstaad:
Sunny Pienza
May 16, 2012 § 3 Comments
A couple of more shots from our sunny trip to tuscany, well sunny on saturday..the next day its seemed as if we were part of a scene from the day after tomorrow, it came pouring down like i’ve never seen before….Luckily saturday was gorgeous ;)
iPhone-clad in Tuscany
May 15, 2012 § 3 Comments
Here are some IPhone-snaps I took during my trip to tuscany two weekends ago…all edited with Instagram :)
Cappella di Vitaleta….one of the hardest places to reach by car…we tried 3 different routes and did not succeed…thanks god for zoom lens!
Pretty yellow flowers
Duomo di Pienza
Fluffy cloud
sunset from our terrace :)
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2 hours in Florence
May 11, 2012 § 4 Comments
Hello everyone! I know this post has come in a bit late…as my mum Milly explained two posts below, my photography course is coming to an end here in Paris so I’ve been putting all my time in preparing for the final Jury and Exhibit! All very exciting!
Last weekend I invited 20 friends over to our place in tuscany near Montalcino! The whole 3 days were fantastic, we ate delicious meals and drank a lot of Vino…Most important of all, everyone got really along and now everyone has a couple of new friends , which is great!
Through the windows – Montalcino
April 17, 2012 § 1 Comment
To close my tuscan paragraph for now “windows” seem to be the perfect subject…Can’t wait to go back in a couple of weeks with my friends, especially for those who haven’t been yet it will be a really special weekend!
If you liked this post check out our post on Roman Windows from March! click here
Horses
April 14, 2012 § 5 Comments
One of my fathers biggest passion: riding for hours into the country side.
Teddy chilling in the vines
My dad taking them out for a ride
This fellow was parked outside a church in Pienza
And I know this video has nothing to do with this post, somehow it’s one of my favorite tunes by the Band of Horse, (the horse part made the connection)
Enjoy and have a lovely weekend!
The hill and the storm
April 13, 2012 § 10 Comments
Even though on our trip to Pienza the weather wasn’t fantastic, I was able to take some interesting shots from the inside of the car driving back home. The storm was pretty bad and the saying that the rain was “heavy” is an understatement.
So here is my attempt at capturing an angry mother nature:
Chiesetta in Val d’Orcia
Hills
Famous Cypress group
The front view
All these photos where taken on the drive Pienza-Montalcino!
Definetely one of the prettiest drives with or without rain! :)
Palazzo Piccolomini – Pienza
April 12, 2012 § 6 Comments
If you go to Pienza you must visit the small garden of the Piccolomini Palace, they are truly special! With one of the most breath taking views on the tuscan landscape!
click here to visit the Palazzo Piccolomini website
Follow the yellow flower road
April 12, 2012 § 3 Comments
View from a farmer’s house in outside Montalcino in the Argiano area,
Imagine waking up to this every morning, how gorgeous!
Papi’s arrival
April 10, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Arrival on terrace with his means of transport
Only in Italy…
Pienza with my iPhone
April 9, 2012 § 3 Comments
Our short day trip to Pienza through my iPhone:
Pienza’s Cathedral
Palazzo Piccolomini
Municipio
The Butcher
As soon as Im back in Paris I will upload my photos from my Nikon :)
