Blogs from Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The train was suppose to be a very quick trip from Florence to Certaldo (the station we were getting off at), but of course, it was longer for us. We gathered our things as our train entered the Certaldo train station...standing by the doors waiting for them to open, the train stopped for maybe 30 seconds, then continued on without even opening the doors. We had missed our stop! We rode and rode, hot and sweaty, with backpacks in tote we were not in the best moods. We eventually stopped at some ho-dunk town in Tuscany and had to wait another HOUR before a train to Certaldo came. Of course, just our luck. Fattoria del Bassetto was our new home for two nights. In the heart of Tuscany, this “hostel” is in a tiny town called ... read more

Geo: 43.2158, 11.7963For 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 ... read more