Recommended by a friend

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Geo: 43.2158, 11.7963

For the next few nights I am staying at a hostel in a small Tuscan town that was recommended to me by a friend I met a month ago- thanks B! So this morning I said goodbye to Florence and caught the train to Certaldo. The hostel was doing a pick-up from the station in two hours, instead of waiting I decided to make my own way to the hostel. It was too far to walk, so in the piazza I asked someone who was working at the magazine stand for the taxi number, he called me the one and only taxi in the town- which his father operated. All was good and in 10 minutes I was at the hostel, which was an old villa. Part of it was a hostel and there were also many private rooms.
This was the most relaxed place that I had been to and it was run by two aussie guys! The weather wasn't quite swimming weather, but there was a pool. Spent the afternoon watching The Castle with a kiwi and a turkish guy, who tried to understand the movie. Later on the dozen of us who were staying here tonight had a barbecue and shared traveling stories.

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Photos

01 Hostel
The villa that has been turned into a hostel.

02 Relaxing
The hostel grounds were a great place to relax.

03 Eating and drinking
Enjoying our food and local wine.