Italy sweet as gelato: Rest of Tuscany

Tyoical sight at Tuscany. ROLL HILLS ROOLLLLL!!

Harvest Time at Chianti! Did i mention wine is cheaper than coca cola there? A typical table wine is good enough for my palette!


We concluded the alleys in Siena, Sorrento and Lucca are all competing for the 'Most charming alley" award. This was from Siena

Picnic at iL Campo. We feasted on cheese, flat bread (a typical italian bread), antipasi of long beans in tomoato paste, smoked mackeral, canned peaches and the cherry tomatos! oh, they look so tempting, even in the photos!

At iL Campo, i couldn't capture the shell shape design, but can you see that the sq is slanted?



The leaning tower of Pisa and the other leaning building. YEs, i HAD to do the touristy thing. *roll eyes*

The rest of Tuscany, in Chianti, Siena and Pisa i shall combine in one post.

Chianti- About 30 mins car ride from Florence. We managed to make our way there (and visit a wine cum olive oil factory too!) at Chianti, through a Tuscany bike tour we signed up. Well, all i knew from the biking part is the confirmation that i will not be participating in any biathlon soon. The sights were however, WOOOO! feels like the sound of music :)

Siena - I loved Siena, especially iL Campo, the shell-shaped slanting square, enough space for people to take a quick rest, a long picnic lunch, read a book. Hillside, fresh air, lovely alleys, quaint town. What else can i ask for?

Pisa - Besides the obvious architecture wrong that is so correct economically, actually, i never knew that Pisa is also a University town. Besides the main school structure, the different schools are also situated among the city, making the entire city a University compound. We also went in to the University's Physics compound. Guess who was especially excited? "Galileo Galilei once taught here!", i quote.