The overwhelming desire to have our own place has led to a short sharp burst of activity. Today after work we are looking at two properties. The first one is in a town called Pian di Scò near Regello. The town looks a bit run down and the house too is rather neglected, it’s big, but has no garden or view. The second place is more interesting. The Estate agent takes us to Incisa in the val d’Arno and winds his way up a hill to Castello, a tiny hamlet with some great views of the Appenine mountains. The house is an 800 year old buildingopposite ‘Casa Petraca’, the supposed birthplace of the famous Poet. The house is very grand, with 5 metre ceilings with exposed wooden beams and original terracotta floors, a tiny view out of one of the windows and an enclosed garden, across the road! The price is slightly out of our budget, but I don’t think we would have made an offer anyway...
On the way home we stop for a pizza at La Paglietta!
Carmignano
A few days later and we have another appointment to see a flat in the wine growing area of Carmignano,(In Tuscany you can’t escape wine!) to the west of >Florence. We meet the Estate Agent in Poggio a Caiano and drive up to the small, pretty town of Carmignano. The house is too small and only has a errace, which has a spectacular view! The other house we were going to see is off because the owners have gone on holiday for July and August and didn’t want to sell for another year anyway... cue end of our house hunting for now... tbc-
Artimino
Some time on our hands, we drive on to the very picturesque hamlet of Artimino, where we spot yet another Medici villa! And another winery, we pop into the Enoteca and buy a ’98 Carmignano riserva and find a nice bar to relax in for an aperitivo. We get chatting to a local who says there isn’t much chance of buying anywhere here and so the search continues... but we had a pleasant drive out in the countryside and discovered some new places!
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