A day in Tuscany

Dan is not a fan of long car drives and he often will weigh out the value of how many hours are spent in the car versus the amount of time spent at the attraction we are going to see. I on the other hand am like.... Lets go! ( I might be the author of this adventure blog??)

So recently when someone posted some pictures and video to a travelers face book page I follow I looked it up. AHHH! Tuscany! Beautiful Tuscany! Tori and I looked at the calendar and knew if we didn't go this weekend, tennis, and company and school it would just all get in the way of us and our having fun! So we decided on Monday we would leave on Sunday. Dan wasn't here so no one could tell us a 3.5 hour drive wasn't worth a 2 hour swim. SO we went!

We went to church, came home and had some lunch and jumped in the car. The sun was setting as we were arriving and the views were just breath taking. We had to stop several times to take pictures on the side of the road.

We followed the tips we read on the travelers page and stayed the night in a near by farm house and woke up early to get to the cascades before it was over crowded. We are glad we did.

The water runs up from a natural spring and is a luke warm 99.5 degrees. It has a milky blue look from the minerals and many cascading pools that care still, and several falls that you can sit in and climb on. 

at 7:30am there are only a few people there and we enjoyed climbing and exploring the falls and the pools. Behind the house, was a river that fed these falls and it was just lovely.

The smell of sulfur was a bit strong at first, but you get used to it after a while.

The water was just so blue and nice and warm, we stayed till we got shriveled and then went back for more.

It was more than worth the drive! It was a great day trip, and a wonderful adventure!

Then around 10 am the people started showing up in groves and we decided it was good and stamped it "DONE" and packed up our things and moved on out!

Tori had ravioli with zucchini inside

WE went back to our farm house and showered up- tried to get the sulfur smell off but in reality that took a few days. Then we packed out and headed for a tuscan lunch to fill our bellies before we drove back home! 

Seths Gnocchi with pest and sausage 

Paige's Zucchini flowers stuffed and bacon

My Wild Boar white sauce on fresh pasta

Yes, We love Tuscany , and I think the drive was beautiful and the hot springs were amazing and the food was great as usual. However the best part was the spontaneity and the memories that were made! Love my family and I love the fun!