fh_trips | Castello di Casole [Sunday Evening, October 13, 2013]

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Castello di Casole [Sunday Evening, October 13, 2013]

As Tues-day turned into Tues-night (oh shush), the temperature dropped down to around 50, but the threat of a little drizzle didn't keep the estate from trying to make everyone's evening relaxing and entertaining. Hopefully no one had exhausted themselves yet!

[ Rooms | Restaurants & Bar | Estate Activities | Lucca | OOC ]

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Good evening, Fandomites! Are your feet killing you? Are you refusing to leave your suite or the rooms for the night? Well, there's room service, wifi, free minibar, and premium movies, so we can't really blame you.

[OOC: Your room assignments are heeere, dirty stuff goes to personal journals, y'all know the drill.]

Edited 2013-10-15 19:38 (UTC)

Looking for a romantic meal with nice wine? Ristorante Tosca has you covered!

If want something a little more casual, Pazzia has pizzas, pastas and paninis.

If you were outside at the bar to enjoy the sunset, it's only fair to say "eh, screw it" and just stay for dinner, right? Right. Of course, you can also show up a little later and grab a few cocktails with friends, too. It's not like they're carding.

A massage after a long day of walking and talking pictures of stuff? Sign us up! They'll even come to your rooms if you'd prefer.

While the estate itself is ideal for hiking, jogging, biking or horseback riding, if you're in the mood for a more modern workout, the estate offers plenty of other opportunities for fitness and wellness. There are pools and steam rooms for warm-up or cool-down; state-of-the-art exercise equipment from TechnoGym; and personal trainers and group classes in yoga, Pilates and more. It’s the perfect way to refresh and revitalize during your vacation.

Didn't get enough walking yet today? Well, the Fitness Center is open for your obsessive training needs even at night.

A heated pool at night? Sounds good to us too. Whether you want to swim, soak or splash, the is a fun place to enjoy the fresh air and beautiful sights of Tuscany. Also snacks!

Go horseback riding through the olive groves or hiking among the grapes. There are a half dozen villages in easy distance of a bike ride or a long walk: great for exploring, shopping, and eating at local restaurants.

Edited 2013-10-15 19:42 (UTC)

Well, the opera doesn't start playing until Friday, but there's plenty of restaurants and bars to keep you busy in Lucca tonight. Or you can just wander through the streets singing, "My name is Luca, I live on the second floor," but if you get beat up, you only have yourself to blame.

As you've no doubt noticed by now, it's really tough to find a bad meal in Tuscany, and Lucca has many excellent restaurants to choose from. Unless you're looking for Chinese or Thai or something. Then you're kind of out of luck. There are also more coffee bars than you can count, if you need an espresso or three to keep powering through the evening.

You're not going to find a lot of dubstep in a city known for Puccini, but if you keep walking through the streets, you'll stumble up a pub or two with inexpensive and good wine and probably a soccer match or two on the television. It's not a rave, but it's not as quiet as a night at the estate, either.

And now I'm craving Italian food again. Dang it, fake trip!

Jim would get out and do night life stuff...later. He'd done a lot of stuff today already and what had started out as a short nap had turned into something longer.

Nightlife. Later. Maybe. These beds were really comfortable.

[ A secret princess and a secret assassin walk into a bar... ]

Flick hadn't felt like going back to the estate yet so he'd found a pub and settled himself at the bar. He still wasn't drinking anything alcoholic but maybe he'd try some wine a little later.

First, water. And scoping out the crowd for anything interesting.

It was hard to resist the heated pool so Theo didn't try. Just jumped on in and started swimming. He'd probably do that a lot this vacation.

Sarah had a glass of red wine and a trashy paperback.

When had she gotten this boring? Whatever, she liked it.

Yes please to a full body massage after several days of vigorous...looking at things and taking pictures.

Shh. Vacations are supposed to be like this.

Cade gave him a salute from where he'd found himself a drink (or three).

[OOC: Heading to bed but haven't played in today yet. You mind?]

Mordin was at the bar drinking tap water, because he parties hard. He'd left his Omni-tool in his room for once, and was not performing his usual comparative xenoanthropological analysis, or what would normally be referred to as "people-watching". Instead he was appreciating the sunset. Antsy-ily.

He wasn't really good at relaxing.

Bars seemed to be a place where people from the island found him. He hoped Cade wasn't going to try and talk him into stealing things so he could pick up a bounty.

Flick raised his glass back in a salute and nodded. That was a good start, at least.

[Don't mind at all!]

Alex didn't feel like going very far tonight, so she stuck around the bar. She actually was there to enjoy the sunset. Instead of cocktails, though, she was content with her iced tea.

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Castello di Casole [Sunday Evening, October 13, 2013]

Rooms [Evening 10/15]

Restaurants & Bar [Evening 10/15]

Ristorante Tosca [Evening 10/15]

Pazzia [Evening 10/15]

Bar Visconti [Evening 10/15]

Estate Activities [Evening 10/15]

Essere Spa [Evening 10/15]

Fitness & Wellness [Evening 10/15]

Fitness Center [Evening 10/15]

Pool Terrace [Evening 10/15]

Mod Your Own Adventure [Evening 10/15]

Adventures Away from the Estate: Lucca [Evening 10/15]

Eating [Evening 10/15]

Drinking [Evening 10/15]

OOC [Evening 10/15]

Room 301

A Small Bar in Lucca

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