time flies and we are again in view of Easter. ... pity about the weather now has helped us to realize, but the calendar is not an opinion and will shortly come, rain or shine ... hopefully the second ...
with Easter because the tourist season officially begins, hopefully good in all senses, the first rays of sun make you want to go out and spend time outdoors, and where better than in the countryside? the beautiful Tuscan countryside awaits you. ... and us with our apartments, with a tennis court and restaurant where guests can taste the traditional Tuscan cuisine with local products carefully selected for you by Marcella.
Expect to see you come along ....
we were talking about apple pie, and there ... but a good many like Marcella is not easy to find ... here's a good recipe for apple pie very good, look good result guaranteed and insured.
Apple pie "Joy" doses:
300gr.
flour
250 gr.
sugar (half white, half barrel)
150 gr.
butter
3 eggs
4-5 golden apples
1 packet of baking powder
vanilla sugar to taste
Preparation:
Melt the butter over low heat, beat the eggs with the sugar, add the sieved yeast, melted butter and flour, mix well.
Grease and flour a rectangular baking dish of medium size, roll out the dough (about 2 cm thick), peeled apples, split into quarters, remove core, cut into thin slices, arrange the apple slices thick, carefully and regularly vertical position (see pictures) in three or four rows (depending on the pan.) Sprinkle the spaces between the rows with the icing sugar. Bake 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
in these days of reckoning last season, he renewed the contracts of collabotrazione and looking for Nuvo contacts.
The company not easy ... at the tourist exchange in Milan in February, I saw far fewer representatives of foreign tour operators present, little, to tell the truth, even the representatives of Italian facilities, from my modest point of view, the idea is that the market remained the largest structures, hotel chains, large residences, and the facilities very specific.
Have several years to attend trade fairs and this year I noticed the disappearance of many farm houses and small family run alberghi.A proporrsi and propose structures were the directors / managers of hotel chains no longer the owners of small houses, with maybe 4 bedrooms.
I know that the economic crisis has affected mainly own these structures, family and few margins.
They were born in different years and then disappeared when the rent accommodation for the whole season has begun to take a serious work of research reviews, improvements and modernization of the structure, and often even the constant pursuit of improving ' offered to the customer, in terms of proposals for tastings, traditional dinners, cooking classes and more.
The customer has changed, no longer content with a nice place, above all you'll in the country, wants to find activities that allow them to move their stay without having to go without spending a cifra.Ecco that the domestic supply of fun in the structure begins make the difference between having and not having reservations.
This involves a 'uleriore effort (including economic) by the holder, in inventing the proposals, implementation and renewal, following the fashions and trends, which are also present in the field of tourism.
When the spa, when the 'food and wine, when the cooking school, the trends are renewed each season and should be followed carefully, if you want to take the step. We have also seen that the standard required by the farm structure is not what a few years ago, now who looks for the farm looking for, yes, the green countryside, the genuine products, but also want the service / living room of a high, comfortable accommodation, pleasant, ever-growing size, both used in the past sofa-bed in the living room, for example now has a bad reputation, is growing the demand for a second bathroom or a third bedroom and even the air conditioning and satellite TV and the internet connection often does just the difference between having and not having a reservation.
Moreover, the indoor restaurant, bar, laundry are well visti.Se customers do not want to cook, want to find a good meal, genuine and fair price, without having to travel by car, either because they have small children to bed or because want to drink a glass of wine without having to get behind the wheel after cena.Un 'gracious hospitality, pleasant ambience, the maximum availability and a wide range of activities at a tree make the difference between those who remain on the market, albeit with some decline due to the circumstances of global economic crisis and is instead is forced to close their business.
I know ....
raining, it's cold, it seems to be in November, but it lacks one month of Easter ... as the saying goes:
Christmas with the yours, Easter with whomever you want ...
and we hope that you will be the desire to have with us here at Quarrata ... we are organizing a nice Easter dinner, book the sunny days and are ready to receive you ... you can relax in the heart of our park, play tennis on the structure, surrounded by the Tuscan countryside, close to many beautiful cities and many charming villages, just missed you ...
The hippo-way will have a station in Quarrata does not mean that we intend to raise the hippos .... But it means that was finally adopted the Regional PROJECT to create a path for horses or mountain bikes that will pass from our structure, is planned to creation of a station of "mail" for 6 horses with a resting spot for riders .. now that the project is approved we look forward to the beginning of work with even more anxiety and their end ... and the arrival of the first knights ....

KEBA: a small kitten foundling
arrived .... Keba .... and who will come?
is a sweet puppy for approximately two months, which was found abandoned in fields near the estate and has been put forward, in spite of us ... how could anyone say no to those eyes? So now there a new member in the "family of Quarrata" with great joy of young and old ...
In June, another bride will be added to "our" girls.
From Holland and Singapore, the couple decided to get married at our estate Quarrata and we are happy.
The two boys to convoluted marriage June 12, guests who arrive from Amsterdam and Singapore will meet in Tuscany, on the occasion of the marriage.
For married couples are organizing a nice pool party, the marriage is in Volterra, and the couple, both in love with Italy, will go to City Hall with an old 500.
The bridegroom, a graduate in film and television in Pisa, did my thesis on the film Bel Antonio, and decided to recreate that atmosphere for their wedding.
We will try to satisfy them ....
Our Favorite cycling, also called quarrata biking team's seniors .. but more A short that seniors are "pigrones" since usually the departure is delayed by a long talk, coffee and beer, depending on the time they decided to meet in "withdrawal" at quarrata in April.
With great joy we received a booking for the Danish part of the team (the Italian side, ie, the husband of Marcella and mine are already there), and expect great performance at the end of April.
What performance you ask? above all you'll that the consumption of beer, wine and brandy. ... but also, at least according to the program for the hills of the great revolutions valdera. Although our samples are more than the bike are samples of the fork. ... And it shows ...
it's raining outside, it's cold when the sun makes its appearance immediately spring. ... but we see it often. ... just the winter, we can not più.Vogliamo spring, the green of new leaves, the scent of mimosa, daffodils blooming and the warmth of the sun ... the blue sky and the air sweet.
Aspettimo the arrival of spring, like the swallows, we want to see the structure come alive, come alive with voices and laughter, we want to see the children run and play, we want to see their parents enjoying the sun with a glass of wine.
We made some changes for the better, improving the aesthetics of the villa. We thought the new proposals to offer to make you spend your holidays in migliop way possible. We await you need is good weather.
As every year, in winter we make some work of restoration / improvement in the structure. ...
This year the boss has decided to make an entrance gate to the hotel and finish the missing part of the boundary wall, surely this work will make a nice "glance" at the Villa and add a little of importance to the structure .
Also completed the roof of the outdoor dining area in front of the apartment nr. 1, last year there has been no time to do it, and during the summer who was staying there during the day took refuge all'ombrea with lots of old oak table and chairs, now there will be no need to "travel" with the table every day.
It also enlarged the service area, both ours and the one dedicated to the guests, because we share the laundry from our guests, so to each his own.
On the program, there also some other work, depending on the weather this year did not give us a hand, it allows ...
's idea is to offrvi more comfort, convenience and why not, something beautiful to see ....
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