Guestbook

Guestbook

"Goodmorning: This email doesn't require a reply, ok, because yours was so informative and gracious. The reason your tour business is so good is because you are so personable and people like me, and the canadians that year, think they are special and you give that to people, special touches. Probably, meeting your children was the best part of that trip, and knowing that the joy of children and their innocence is the same all over the world. I know that because of your openess, the tour business is booming and will always boom."

RBroussard

"How can we ever thank you enough for the experience you gave us, you are constantly in our thoughts and also in all my descriptions of our adventure in Italy. I am so passionate about Tuscany (this was my dream, to visit Tuscany) and it seems that I am now imparting that dream to everyone I speak to about our trip, they all want to go!!!!! Of course they all know that the reason it was so wonderful was Monika Iris sharing her Tuscany with us, because you are in all the stories I share. You taught me personally how to eat and I have transferred that to our lives here. I have managed to find some delicious Australian Olive Oil produced in the North East of Victoria in Cobram, although it is not Tuscan, it is at least local (and I believe in eating locally produced food). I crave the taste of that every day and I can feel that is is good for me. There is no way to reproduce the taste of the wines from Anna Maria and Fernando but we have good Australian wines too, so they will have to do, and I do have the memories of the Tuscan wine experience. Anyway we are eating in a much healthier (mind and body) way thanks to you also.

So I will keep in touch and we will see you again and thank you for sharing yourself and your beloved country with us, we are both extremely, eternally grateful. "

Su

"Dear Monika – our special friend in Italy Oh how good to hear from you and we too hope you have a very, very Happy New Year & that everything is going kindly for you. Oh what a glorious photo – is that taken near Greve? !!! We feel “homesick” for Italy!! Did you have a lovely snow-white Christmas Monika? We hope your family all had a really lovely time. I apologise for not writing sooner – it has been a very busy & very emotional year since we last saw you back in April. Our journey after we left you in Florence continued to be ever so enjoyable but oh boy did we miss you Monika. We felt just so comfortable with you & would love to return again one day."

Chris & Nail

"Just a quick note to thank you for your wonderful tour in Tuscany. Your enthusiasm for your subject is contagious, and good for the soul."

Paulo

"We have been speaking of you much today, as we had our large annual family gathering of around 40 people in the sunshine around the barbeque at my parents country home. We were telling everyone about our wonderful trip and of course Monika Iris was one of the highlights and no relaying of our journey could be complete without you in it."

Su & John

"Monika, We have been meaning to send you a note of thanks since we returned from our trip, but somehow "real life" happened and we've now been home for over a month. (Why didn't we take Valerio up on his offer to stay in his available apartment??) ;) Regardless, I wanted you to know how much we truly appreciated our time with you while in Florence/Tuscany. I keep telling people that our mini-tour of Chianti country was my favorite three hours of the trip. That was so generous of you to give up your Saturday evening, and it really made our trip. If we have family or friends coming to the area, we will definitely refer them directly to you. And for that matter, we can't wait to come back to visit you again ourselves!! I've attached a few pictures of our time with Lucia, Fernando, and Valerio. Please pass them along to our Tuscan friends. :) Thank you, thank you, thank you... "

Allyson & John

"Ciao Monika, I just wanted to write you a short note saying how much my family enjoyed the experience we had with you last week. My parents talked of nothing else for the rest of the trip. I loved the itinerary that you designed for us, each of the 3 times I went on a trip with you I had a wonderfully different experience. Thank you so much for sharing your home with me, i know that Italy and the Chianti will be a part of my life forever now. Also, thank you so much for introducing me to Fernando and to Montefiorale, I had amazing experiences at his vineyard, and I think my family will be loyal customers for many years to come. I think the service that you provide is unique, and you have a remarkable ability to allow people to see your home from your individual and extremely beautiful perspective. I think that Georgetown is very lucky to have a relationship with you. We very much enjoyed spending the day with Lil and her father. As you said people that go together on these things are always brought together for a reason, and I think my parents and Lil's father became excellent friends, and will continue to be in contact in future. My mother would like to send you a note by mail. If you could provide us with a mailing address we would very much appreciate it. Thank you again, and I am sure I will see you in future. Arrivaderci!"

Charlie

" Monika, not to belabor and obvious point, but thanks again for such a wonderful glimpse into your world, it is something I, nor my wife and daughter, and of course our friends will soon forget. I especially enjoyed the time we spent with Fernando, a man who is tied to the earth by his mere will and love of the abundance of his land, If life could be so simple for all of us. After meeting him one believes it could be."

Gary

"Let Monika Iris drive you on the curvy and narrow roads of Tuscany - and save your marriage !

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