Out of Office
- Sep 20, 2016
- 2 min read
Out of OfficE
Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
I am currently out of the office and I could either be
doing one of the following: drinking coffee, stuffing my face with pasta,
wine-tasting, driving through wineries, speaking bad Italian, dodging Vespas,
unleashing my inner shutterbug, touring old castles and churches,
walking around on cobblestone streets in empty medieval towns,
hiking, in either of the following places in Italy: Rome and
many parts of Lazio, and Maremma and many parts of Tuscany.
It has been a couple months in the making, but I'm in Italy
at the invitation of a consortium of the provinces of Lazio
(where Rome is), Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche. On a trip
organized by Italian Wonder Ways, I join a global mix of
journalists and social media influencers to explore the
areas and culture surrounding some pilgrimage paths
that not only would appeal to spiritual travelers, but to
adventure travelers like you and me. There will be
plenty of hiking in the coming week, perhaps some
bike rides, in places you didn't know existed just
outside of Rome. And this being Italy, I assure
you, there will be authentic Italian food.
Lots of it.
In the meantime, we are in Tuscany for a few days, staying in an agriturismo
in Scansano before my tour with Italian Wonder Ways begin. The pictures
in this post were all taken in Grosseto, which is a quick and easy 1.5 hour
train ride from the main train station in Rome (Roma Termini). Grosseto is
only 20 minutes away north of Scansano where we are staying. It is a
beautiful, old city, like most of Italy, and on Monday afternoon, it was
quiet and calm - the perfect welcome, if you ask me.
If you haven't yet, I really would like to invite you to follow these stories
virtually around Italy. It remains to be one of my all time favorite
countries that this is the third year in a row that I have traveled
here. I've been binge-posting on Instagram and
Instagram Stories (@docartwheelswithme) and
Facebook (@Do Cartwheels with Me). I do hope
you get to follow the stories to perhaps inspire your own
travels to Italy someday.
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