A drive through Tuscany......

I am still about a day behind in the blog, this entry is for yesterday, Saturday. Yesterday we left the beautiful Poggerino and our English friends for the town of Montepulciano. We planned to see a few towns along the way and arrive at our b and b later in the afternoon.














Our first stop was about an hours drive to the town of San Gimignano. This is a beautiful city with 13 towers around the city and stone walls surrounding the towns center. At one time, the town was said to have up to 72 towers. Here we walked the town for a couple of hours, had some wine, and took some pictures. It really was a beautiful town. From there we moved onto a smaller, less touristy town to have lunch. I was especially excited about this stop.......it was Volterra!!!






Any ideas why I was excited about this town? It's where the head Vampires live of course! Well....in the Twilight novels at least. in the Twilight series this is where Edward had to come and talk with the head vampires to encourage them not to kill Bella, his human girlfriend. They filmed the movie here as well. We took some pictures, had some lunch and were successful in avoiding any vampire attacks! Love it!



From here we headed to Montepulciano. It would be about and hour and a half drive of beautiful country side and rolling hills....with the windy curvy roads we have become accustomed to. We arrived at our B&b very easily...the GPS has been perfect at getting us to our destinations. Our host and his son are very attentive and accommodating. They are always here ready to serve us from the bar or give recommendations immediately. After getting settled in we were off to see the city at night for dinner

We were really looking forward to dinner. The place we went had been recommended to us by three separate people including our host. It had a beautiful view and patio overlooking the valley. We each had a traditional Tuscan menu with 4 courses ending with lime cake which tasted much like key lime pie.....only the best I've ever had. We have been introduced now to the Vino noble of Montepulciano.....the wine of the area. And we love it. Today we scouted out a great wine shop that has reasonable shipping prices.......I see a case shipped to Lewiston drive in the future.



After a good sleep we were ready for a day on Sunday in the town of Montepulciano.....it's time to get serious about shopping :)

We continue to have the time four lives......though I wish Russell was here.....really miss that curly haired mutt! My mom has been showing him pictures of us to make sure he remembers us......something tells me though he has it pretty good right now.......Now off to find Bryce who found a soccer game to watch across the street from our place.

Ciao,
Mandy


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Location:San Gimignano, Volterra, and arrival in Montepulciano