breakfast starts at 9 am and until 10 am you can enjoy freshly baked pastries and breads, savory delights and fresh fruit. At 10 am we start working on our recipes and lessons and for 4 hours you will learn ancient and traditional Tuscan and Italian recipes, using local and seasonal ingredients. Lunch is normally served around 1:30 pm. At 3 pm enjoy the first tour of the week: Lucca! Let me show you this beautiful small city with its Medieval walls, 100 churches and belltowers. Have a coffee or a spritz in the ancient Roman amphitheater and visit the little shops and bottegas selling local products. Do not miss the shopping on the Fillungo street: beautiful silk and cachemire handmade scarves, hand made pottery, jewelry stores, linen stores...the list is long. Dinner will be ready around 8 pm. During dinner there will be a wine tasting paired with the food that we have cooked together.

morning the schedule remains the same: breakfast starts at 9 am and until 10 am you can enjoy freshly baked pastries and breads, savory delights and fresh fruit. At 10 am we start workinmg on our recipes and for 4 hours you will learn ancient and traditional Tuscan recipes, using local and seasonal ingredients. Lunch is normally served around 1:30 pm. Wednesday is the day we get more advanced with the lessons. Be ready for that as you will be surprised of how much you have already learnt in such a small period of time.

In the afternoon, at 3 pm Torre del Lago and Pisa will wait for you. Torre del lago is the place where Puccini lived and composed most of his operas. The little town is floating on the lake Massaciuccoli and offers a relaxing view of the lake with the outdoor theater where the opera
season takes place during the Summer. Visit Puccini's House and find the school on the other side of the lake. And now, onto Pisa! Let the jaw dropping view of the leaning tower of Pisa impress you and visit the Duomo, the Baptistry and the Jewish cemetery, all concentrated in one place: Piazza dei Miracoli. Dinner will be served at the school at 8 pm.

Friday morning get ready for what I consider the highlight of the week! Cinque Terre.

Breakfast at 8:30am until 9 am and then ready to jump on the bus. We drive for 1 1/2 hours straight to Monterosso, the largest and in my opinion the best of the Cinque Terre. Of course we will set you free to choose where you want to spend more time, swim, just relax, or visit them all. Your call. But let's also save some time to see Portovenere, an authentic timeless gem, which cannot be skipped. Dinner with diploma at the school at 8pm will end this week.