reporting on Sunday/17 and Monday/25

hi all!  We are  very comfortable in our new villa in Tuscany.  Today we had a great tour and tasting in a beautiful winery and are planning to go to Florance tomorrow.  Herb and I made dinner for Dotty and Ken tonight as it is their 35 anniverary..........yeah!     Last night we had an amazing dinner at a local resturant.........the owner was very proud of his wine and his vin santo ......and rightly so....it was delicious.  The resturant awas in a 300 year old barn with a room in the basement that had a river running through it.  Some more uses for that cheap scarf......a mosquito net over an open bedroom window, a covering when going into a duomo, and aguard aganst a chill when eating al fresco at 10pm,  Melissa good to hear you made it home ok.  We miss you and look forward to seeing you and reminensing.  Miss you Cally and Sarah and all our friends back home. Luv, Mary and Herb