Dean's 40th in Italy

21 Kiwi's made their way to Incisa, Italy to celebrate with Dean for his 40th  

On the way we called into an Italian village for some lunch. We had a good laugh when Dean's Risotto arrived! It really didn't look too inviting without a skerrick of colour! And then they brought out my Pizza which was enormous! :-)

We had that night with Scott and Deb's at an Italian Castle and enjoyed a lovely dinner

Having some fun with Scott

I'm not quite sure why the video's have come where they have but I can't shift them! One is the day in Lucca when we hired bikes and cycled around for the day, and then the street entertainers. The 1 of Dean and the cook explains itself:-)

I think this is the biggest T-Bone we've seen since the days of Ron!

Dean and I headed out for our morning exercise and finished off with a swim with the others

This was the Incisa Railway Station 

We  picked up Bryce and Kelly before heading to the Villa

Arriving at the reception area of our Villa

Checking out Bryce and Kelly's Room

Delys  helping to get our 1st Supper organised, it was delicious Tapas thanks to Deb's who was Camp Mum and was overseer of the meals:-)

Supper's ready

A group shot after meeting without Bryce and Kelly

We ate our meals here which worked great for a big group

Our Cook who Dean organised to prepare our evening meals:-) It was awesome

She was the true emotional Italian:-) with lots of noise and waving of her arms :-)

She could only speak Italian so it added to the fun as Dean and her tried to communicate:-). Deb's seemed to understand the most thankfully. The meat here is for the Birthday Dinner! Meat and to spare:-)

Chilling out after a day Under The Tuscan Sun

Dean taking morning Boot Camp. Go Deb's

Tuscan Landscape with the Olives and Grapes was very typical of the area we were in.

Anne and Andrew took some of us on a days sightseeing to some of the surrounding villages

Do you like the size of my salad/:-)

Wandering around 1 of the cute villages

I can't resist taking these sorts of photos

How's this for a Balcony

It was hard work for the old boys:-)

Soaking up the atmospere

Some of the girls had a successful day at the Designer Outlet shops 2 mins down the road:-)

Annemarie and Dean both turning the big 40:-)

Birthday Party Night, sadly minus Fred who had had his appendix out that morning! We are eating Lasagna as part of our entree 

The Birthday Boy Deano

We went to Lucca and hired bikes for the day. It's a Walled City that has a road on the top of the wall where you can walk or ride around. We had lots of fun. We stopped here for Gelato

Getting all the bikes ready

All ready to roll

The Duncan's

The Bro's

Dean with the the Boys

Then with the Girls

Look Daddy no hands

Beautiful:-)

These guys were entertaining on the street as we rode by

We went to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa

We had to do the usual shot

We had 2 pools to use, this 1 was near our villa 

Bryce and Dean having fun in the pool with Tyler and Riley

We all had lots of fun at the pool

Race time:-)

Some of boys went to see the Ferrari Museum

Delys had a day out from hospital visits to come with us to Siena

They have the famous Palio Horse Race around the Il Campo Piazza

How cute is this

The Siena Piazza del Duomo

Dean went and picked up Fred from hospital without Delys knowing:-)

A few of us had our last day in Florence

Bryce's Birthday Lunch

Pete getting into the action

Dean had to have 1 last Gelato and it was a beauty! Look at the size of it, he even timed how long it took for him to eat it:-)

 

Bryce was our tour guide,he was a wealth of knowledge:-) 1 of the places he took us to in Florence was the Palazzo Pitti, it was awesome, it had some amazing  Art Work,

The Cathedral  in Florence

Time to say bye at Florence Airport, is the caption for the photo with Jane Pete and Dean! Don't ask me why this video went here!