After a 14 hour train ride Morgan and i arrived in Cècina in Tuscany on the west coast of Italy. Ursula, our German hostess, met us at the train station and drove us to the farm nestled in the hills between Cecina and Riparbella. On the way to the farm there were banners and flags and balloons all along the way because apparently the Hadelich farm is next door to an Italian bicyclist who had just won a worldclass race. The farm, Podere Vallari, has vinyards and olive groves with a view of the sea in the distance. Along with the main farmhouse, where we stayed, there are two other guest houses and a small cabin for workers when the guest quarters are all rented out. We met Sigismund, Ursula's husband, and were led to our
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