Thursday, November 3, started out being foggy!

Can't see the vineyards at all! Fortunately we had not planned on going anywhere so just settled in to read, catch up on emails, etc. Even did a load of laundry with plans to line dry inside. Around 1:00, it was sunny and clear so we moved drying rack outside then we drove to the restaurant up the road, Il Caminetto, where we ordered an appetizer of goose carpaccio which we didn't get translated; I assumed it was like pâté. Nope! It was basically raw meat with greens & parmesan cheese!  Sarah enjoyed it...unfortunately, I am unable to eat meat that is raw. But had some greens!

Sarah wanted to try a Florentine Steak which was only available in a certain size so we opted to share it. The waitress brought the serving out before they cooked it to make sure we knew what we were doing - it was huge but for two, not a problem.  After some time, here it came brought to our table by the chef and sous chef themselves! I think they wanted to see the two crazy American ladies who ordered this dish.

As you can see, quite rare! Once again, Sarah savored each taste as it melted in her mouth! I had some spinach and bread...they generously offered to wrap the remaining goose & steak for us to bring home. We enjoyed the steak tonight - my portion having been seared to a medium well doneness! We might try doing the same with the goose for tomorrow's lunch.

As we had left to go eat, we saw our host harvesting the olives as it had turned into a perfect fall day. Upon our return both of them were working so we changed our clothes & walked up to get a close look at the process. Sarah helped on 4 trees using a very short-handled plastic rake while I hand picked for a very short time then sat on a bucket sorting out leaves & stems from the tubful of harvested olives.  It definitely is labor intensive and takes a lot of olives to get one bottle of oil! They take their crop to a place in Impruneta to be pressed - once in the press, oil is ready in about two hours.

I left the olive grove before others as I was getting chilly in just my t-shirt. This is a view of the big house through the gate.

Here is our lane down to our house

Here is a lean-to we can park under

This is the hosts' lean-to

Here is garden from which we have enjoyed cherry tomatoes

Tomorrow brings the need to pack! However, if weather is good we will do one more exploring jaunt. Tonight we are able to see the pretty crescent moon even with partly cloudy skies!