We have finished our cooking school in Tuscany which was great, mainly due to the people we met and the ladies teaching how to cook Italian style. It was a really funny week.
The majority of the group (everyone except us!) were from the US, and they were a terrific bunch of people. They were from quite a few areas in America – New York (New Jersey area); Houston,Texas; Los Angeles; Idaho and Vegas, Nevada. There were only 3 guys in the group, and 11 women. All of us clicked on the first day (which went through until 2:30am the following morning), and we became closer friends as the week progressed. In the classes we learned how to make pasta, soups, sauces, and desserts, all in the tuscany style. None of the ladies teaching us could speak English, but we had a translator (thanks Christina!) and even when Christina wasn’t there, we somehow managed to get everything worked out ok. (We will be doing a review of Tuscan Women Cook at a later date). Outside of classes we all got together and had more fun (helped along with lots of alcohol) most nights until the early hours of the following day! We have lots of photo’s but since we are still having problems with the laptop they will have to wait for loading.
We stayed at a great hotel called La Costa (Hi Paolo and Paola) which is in Montefolonico, a medieaval hill town which is, here I go again! – absolutely stunning. It’s a very small town with only 2 smallish hotels, and all the locals are very friendly.
All in all, it was a great week. Now, off to Rome!