Under the Tuscan Sun

I haven’t written in a few weeks, only to save the post for the time when we’d be here in Italy. We have arrived to Pisa yesterday in the afternoon, after a short flight which turned out to be a breeze – Sophia soon after we took off, and didn’t wake up until it was time to land. Once we landed, we rented a car and set out to begin our travels. Since we were already in Pisa, and Sophia didn’t seem to mind, we decided to go to the center and see the Leaning Tower (Sophia said that we should go see it before it falls). After that, we got back to the car and drove to Greve in Chianti, to the place where we are staying for the next 7 days.
Villa Vignamaggio, where we are staying, is a beautiful estate that was built in 1800’s. The grounds are stunning, and so is the Villa itself. Our suite is quite simple, but we have a view of the gardens, which are very pretty. We didn’t do much after we came yesterday - just swam in the pool and enjoyed the landscape. We went to have dinner “in the town” in the evening, and Sophia excitedly ate pasta.
We are in San Giminiano now, sitting on a piazza and resting. Already had two of the greatest Italian things – gelato and pizza (in that order). Sophia is having a great time, and we are as well, though we miss Emilka very much. Once we find a connection to the internet, we’ll post this blog, for now, I’ll just keep recording.
Here are a few of Sophisms from the last few weeks.
-Posmotri na moi mozgi
-Ya xochy kol’co I bril’yantiki
-U nashej zybnoj pasti takoj chudesnij zapax – luchshe rozy.
-Partizanskaya bashnya
Ya ochen’ interesuyus’ konfetami