Day: April 13, 2025

I went with my Mills College Alumni Group to Tuscany for a week. We stayed in Colle di Val D’Elsa, on the map between San Gimignano and Siena, south west of Florence. From there we visited Casole d’Elsa, Siena, San Gimignano, Castellina, Castello di Monsanto, Cortona, Firenze, and Radda in…

Colle di Val D’Elsa, meaning “hill in the Valley of the Elsa River, is about an hour drive from Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.  It is a medieval walled town on top of a hill which has expended into the valley.  Colle Alta, the medieval part, is where we stayed.…