Thanksgiving Italia

Here are a few shots of Thanksgiving dinner in Italy. It was a wonderful time full of great food and a giant turkey! 

Getting ready for the first time in a while... 

Appetizers:

First Course: 

Our 15 kilo Turkey

The carving

3rd course 

And here are a couple of shots from Corciano, Migiana, and Antonella's studio 

The double rainbow over Migiana

Antonella's studio 

Harvesting Olives 

One little slope down from Corciano 

Florence and Corciano HDR

While in Florence and up on the duomo I was able to get some shots to do a few HDR pieces. 

Yet again it is another area that I haven't really worked in so I am still feeling my way through how I would like to edit the HDR shots. Enjoy! 

View of Florence from the top of Santa Maria Di Fiori. 

A buttress from the top of the duomo of Santa Maria di Fiori

Sunset from the top of the hill in Corciano 

More from Italia...

After revisiting photos I have found many that were not posted but are still totally worth a view. 

Many of these photos are from around the Umbria area be it the chocolate festival in Corciano or the days in Assisi. Enjoy! 

The tracks that lead to the lake and Roma and beyond. 

Waiting for the train.

Isola Maggiore's little chapel 

Bring your pet to lunch in Sienna. This is in the Campo. 

Interior courtyard of a church in Siena. 

Di Campo in Siena, where the bi-yearly horse race takes place. 

Another view of Di Campo

Pigeons in the fountain of Siena

Caffe con Nutella = Heaven

Traditional Siena beverage, kind of a sweet wine. We enjoyed it at the sports bar.

Fall at the Villa Pieve

Girls and their grandfather enjoying the Chocolate Festival marching band

The church before the Table of Silence was performed. 

Building in Assisi

The Table of Silence plates arranged and set.

Prior to the show in Assisi

Villa Pieve and Euro Chocolate Fest

We have arrived at the villa where we will be for the next 6 weeks or so. We are surrounded by vineyards and a wonderful rolling landscape. Enjoy... 

One of our neighbor vineyards

The vineyards and the local gravel pit 

Above is an example of the tropicale fiori that we found up the hill from our villa. A local man came out to explain that it was a 'tropicale fiori' and we didn't understand much more than that. So here is what Americans call a passion flower. 

This cappuccino comes from our local kiss kiss bar, a great place to enjoy company... and purchase bus tickets. 

Sunset through the bamboo forest. 

Star trails over our castle 

Euro Chocolate festival 

Chocolate Kebab! Appetizing to the eye, and very heavy to the stomach... but delicious all the same!