Gary's and my story started in junior high and high school where we were friends. We didn't run in the same circles but something about one another must have stuck in both of our minds. Thirty five years later we reconnected on Facebook of all things! First came the "Hello"! Then messages, e-mails, texts, visits from Atlanta to Denver and back and forth. All of this culminated in a move for me to Atlanta. And now..........................well you all know the rest because you're invited to celebrate our marriage with us on May 26th, in Douglasville, GA!

I found this wonderful web site that, is a place where folks can gift to us parts of our honeymoon. Gary and I have wanted to travel to Tuscany for a long while and so enclosed is our best attempt to have a wonderful, romantic holiday in Tuscany. We hope you'll celebrate our adventure with us and we'll be sure to post many pictures when we return! Thanks!

Tuscany is known for its gorgeous landscapes, its rich artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. Tuscany is regarded as the true birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, and has been home to some many influential people in the history of arts and science, such as Petrarch, Dante, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Niccolo Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Amerigo Vespucci, Luca Pacioli and Puccini. Due to this, the region has several museums (such as the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace and the Chianciano Museum of Art). Tuscany has a unique culinary tradition, and is famous for its wines (most famous of which are Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino).

Six Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence, the historical centre of Siena, the square of the Cathedral of Pisa, the historical centre of San Gimignano, the historical centre of Pienza and the Val d'Orcia.