What a weekend! Well, it was a bit more than a weekend. It was truly what the Italians call the "bridge" or what we would call a long weekend. I had a great time and it was a great adventure with so many highs it's hard to retell them all. I did so many things on my list it was unbelievable and I even did a few things that weren't on the list but should have been! We set off from Roma with high spirits, in a non-banana colored car with an automatic transmission (a rarity in this country), some snacks and a trusty Good Year atlas.
Lucy the Lancia Musa
The open road! Goodbye Roma!
IndispensableDrink Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in Montepulciano - Done. It wasn't on the list but should have been! Meganne bought a bottle on Thursday but we didn't drink it until Monday night once we made it back to Roma. A few glasses of good wine was necessary after driving nearly the entire length of The Boot in a day and with holiday traffic at that! While we were heading north Panzano for dinner we saw a sign for Montalcino and decided we couldn't pass up the chance to knock something off of my list.
Somewhere along the road from Montepulciano to Montalcino.
Somewhere along the road from Montepulciano to Montalcino.
Dinner with Italy's most famous butcher - Done. From Montalcino we raced through dark streets of Chianti to make it to our 9p.m. dinner reservation at Solociccia. Dinner was wonderful not only because of the food but the way you eat at the restaurant. You eat family style so there was quite a lot of wine, food and chit chat. It's a little strange for everyone at first but then once the wine gets poured people seem to open up a bit (euphemistically speaking). We ate with Italians, Israelis, Belgians, an Aussie and an America girl. It was great experience that I would love to do when I return to Italy in the future. It was about midnight when dinner wrapped up so we called it a night at a B&B that was near the restaurant.
A church in Montalcino, sorry, I don't sight see!
Sunset in Tuscany
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