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REST 'n' VIEW TERRACE

This lies at the bottom of the zigzag scented steps.  It came about when I realised we always gravitated to the same spot at break times ... so ... we trimmed up the trees framing the view and installed an informal terrace.  You sit on the thyme cushions that edge the top of the wall.  From here you can continue round and back up towards the pool room lawn or down to the echo meadow with it's terrace and the olive grove below.  The view is out over the Lago de Massicucillo, to the coast and port of Livorno.  On a clear day (or after a thunderstorm) the islands of Elba and Corsica come into view.

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