our cooking day in Tuscany and a few life lessons

Does anyone EVER go on a trip where they don’t have at least a FEW bumps along the way??? I seriously doubt it! I know that was FOR SURE the case with us when we visited Tuscany for three days on our France and Italy vacation earlier this summer. To be perfectly honest, I was sooo looking forward to this part of our trip and really thought it would be my favorite! Sadly, I really feel like we missed out on a lot in this area due to sickness and some miscommunications on hotel and transportation. But even with all that, I am still SOOO thankful for THIS ONE experience that was a highlight of the entire trip: our Chianti cooking class!!