Tuscany. What's it "really" like?

The author of the "Inside Tuscany: A Second Time Around" guide book series offers a new book of essays and stories about living and traveling in Tuscany and Italy.

"Book Sections " The Aretine: including life in the major hill town of Arezzo and its Saturday and Antique markets, watching the Giostra del Saracino, and revisiting the WW II atrocity at Civitella in Chiana. Culture: examining the role of the Catholic church in society, understanding and using proper customs and courtesies including when to use "ciao" and the "kiss-kiss," shopping in tiny...