We took the train from Florence to Rome, to meet our Italian friends, but before that we spent two days touring the city with mother Carol’s mother. Rome is one of Carol’s favorite cities in the world where you walk through the narrow alleys of downtown admiring every old building and suddenly you face a wonderful architectural work jaw dropping, as the Fontana di Trevi and the Pantheon.

Of course we couldn’t fail the Colosseum to register the passage of Kiki there. But unfortunately it was under renovation and it seemed more like a spaceship… Hehehehe… At least they still left one side as it is for us to admire.

We went for a walk until the Vatican, where as always there was a long line to visit the museum.

We wandered the streets all day and at night we had a dinner with our friends, Daniela and Alessandro, so Carol’s mother could meet their son Edoardo. A delightful evening!

On Friday Carol’s mother took the flight to return to Brazil and we moved to our friends’ house, which is in a small town around Rome, in the middle of the fields and full of peace. But on the same day we set off for a weekend of dreams in Tuscany. We were lucky that our friends were invited to spend the weekend in the old villa of the seventeenth century of their friend, the winery Pietrafitta. A time of celebration for the end of the grape harvest.

The beautiful villa with high ceilings, thick walls, antique décor and paintings from the seventeenth century (sometimes we even felt inside a museum) was located on top of a Tuscan hill, next to the town of San Gimignano, and the views from every window and corner of the house were just exceptional!

We spent the weekend with over 20 guests from all around the world and a delicious menu: lobster, snapper, lamb and ricotta ravioli with truffles.

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Hmmm … In addition to a wine cellar filled at our disposal! Accompanied by good music, even Alexis made ​​a concert for everybody, and a lot of chats.

One day we had lunch in a small town next door and we also strolled through the beautiful town of San Gimignano, one of the most visited cities of Tuscany, that was charming and had beautiful views to the region.

Then we spent the week at our friends’ home, Daniela and Alessandro, and we took the opportunity to learn more about Italian cuisine, to practice our basic Italian and to enjoy the company of these dear friends that we met when we lived in Switzerland.

Carol took a course of potato gnocchi with Daniela’s mother and Alexis learned several new recipes with Alessandro, who is a great cook and made many delicious dinners for us.

Carol ejoyed their delicious son, Edoardo, who was just 6 months old and is one of the most smiling babies we’ve seen. A very friendly and easygoing baby. Carol could practice a bit… After all soon it will be our turn… Hehehe!

We had a delicious dinner made ​​by Alessandro on our last night. Thanks Dani and Alessandro for these wonderful days!

It’s time for us to leave and return to Brazil. But the adventure is not over, it’s just beginning. We have a new life ahead and who knows what fate will bring for us! We are excited!