I’m back with more Italy info (finally!!!)
After leaving Venice, we headed to Tuscany with out first stop in Siena.
We spent two nights in Siena, with one day spent on a vineyard tour of Tuscany in the Chianti region.
:: WHERE WE STAYED ::
This was one of my favorite places that we saw in all of Italy.
It rivals the Duomo in Florence with its beauty : STRIPES.
I do not drink red wine….. ummm ever. Like, never. But it was still fun 🙂
There were older ladies that didnt drink red either and they would drink the tiniest sip and pour the rest in the bucket and I was like ARE YOU CRAZY? DRINK IT! YOU JUST SAW IT IN A BARREL! YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE GRAPES!
I mean….. sometimes I worry about people.
So for those of you that love Chianti, FUN FACT: it is only a real Chianti if is has the *black rooster* on the label, otherwise it is an IMPOSTER.
The second winery had a smokin’ hot George Clooney type Italian man leading the tasting and I really wanted to make Kip get a picture of him, but instead I silently stared at him while I pretended to just LOVE the different types of Chianti (every time the cheapest one tasted the best to me) and ate the 25 aged balsamic with cheese.
The balsamic. was. the. best. thing. ever.
Lots of strolling, shopping, up and down the little roads
Day Two :
You will need to take a cab from the train station. There is a little cab light straight out from the station but be prepared to wait for a cab, they come slowly one at a time. It was a cheap ride, less than 10 Euro.
Food Recommendations
from friends that we never made it to:
Osteria Baccon Del Prete or Osteria Cice
(and there were a LOT of meals!) was at La Taverna di San Giuseppe in Siena.
There was a savory chocolate pasta dish that I’m still thinking about 4 years
later. It’s in a beautiful cave like setting too.