Olive Harvest

We were in Tuscany during the olive harvest. First they spread a net under the olive tree. Then they get on ladders and shake the branches, sometimes using long strips of cloth to throw around the branch and then pull from both ends. World's best olive oil.

Tuscany - November 2006

December 9th 2006
Tuscany - November 2006 We flew into Rome from JFK and then flew to Florence. Our motor coach with our cool driver, Pepito, and our accommodating guide, Enza, picked us up in the late afternoon and took us to the very hilly medieval town (as most Tuscan towns are) of Arezzo. This was charming, but we were tired. Our home for a week Villa Casa Grande in Figline Valderno was wonderful - old, res ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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