Casa Machiavelli

"A toast in the Machiavellian spirit....to Fortuna!!"

Took a field trip to the Tuscan countryside today to see Machiavelli's farmhouse - to which he was exiled by the Medici (tragic...not). Inside this house, he wrote molto famoso works, including, of course, The Prince. After Machiavelli's house it was off to lunch (with George's toast to Fortuna) then to a wine tasting at a vineyard near Siena. Tons and tons of pictures! :

(the ridiculous view)

(inside)

(the first copy of The Prince! and George sitting in Machiavelli's desk "channeling Machiavelli")

(Hannah. Branson. Mio...and George!)

(Jon: what's the Laura pose? Me: it's like: "YAY I'm in Italy!!" Jon: ok, can we do the Laura pose?)

(everyone!)

(wine cellar in Machiavelli's house)

(Branson was being a paparazzi...jeez..ok and maybe I was being a ham)

(at the vineyard, watching the machine bottle vino!)

That's all for today! Tomorrow have some art history business to tend to in the morning, then it's off to Barcelona for the weekend tomorrow night! More soon!

Ciao Amori!

Laura