Village life in the Tuscan countryside

Fiori e Dintorni website
This morning I accompanied a soon-to-be bride to the village florist’s shop Fiori e Dintorni. The florist is a dear friend, a true artist. She doesn’t speak English but many foreign brides go to her for wedding flowers because her work is really outstanding. So much better than most florists’ in the region.
A comment by the bride’s mother got me thinking. She was amazed that a flower store, and such a lovely one at that, could survive in such a small village.
Not the first time I’ve heard the question “how do people survive out here?”.
This got me thinking about how relative a concept “out here” is and how much people from cities often have no idea of how much stuff you can do living “slower”, in a small, quiet village in the Tuscan countryside.
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Village life in the Tuscan countryside
Fiori e Dintorni website
This morning I accompanied a soon-to-be bride to the village florist’s shop Fiori e Dintorni. The florist is a dear friend, a true artist. She doesn’t speak English but many foreign brides go to her for wedding flowers because her work is really outstanding. So much better than most florists’ in the region.
A comment by the bride’s mother got me thinking. She was amazed that a flower store, and such a lovely one at that, could survive in such a small village.
Not the first time I’ve heard the question “how do people survive out here?”.
This got me thinking about how relative a concept “out here” is and how much people from cities often have no idea of how much stuff you can do living “slower”, in a small, quiet village in the Tuscan countryside.
Continue reading this article @ At Home in Tuscany
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