It was our first day in Tuscany and we decided to drive through the Chianti region. We saw this sign and Benjamin and Jane jumped at the chance to climb in the park. Suzanne watched and Sarah stayed in the car with the air conditioning on. This guy stayed on the hill and watched us. There was a nice view of the city street and of the hills it overlooked We liked Strada especially when we found the obligatory phone booth but pictures like this made us wonder if it was ok for Benjamin to open his store and have Suzanne as his customer.

Next we drove on to Greve. Our first view of the city was a takeoff on the old Scott McNealy expression. This duck was eating lunch while waiting to be lunch for someone else. We saw Giovanni de Verrazzano from the bridge of the same name. On the way to lunch, we captured the phone booth of Greve. These people were nice enough to make space for us including Sarah who must have been very hungry at their table.

After we ate some of these dishes Sarah sprang back to life. We all appreciated the good job our waiter did.

Next we went to this gelato store where the ice cream was good including the pink stuff

From there, it was on to Montefioralle where the church was closed but the phone booth was open and these people had an interesting world view on their buzzer

We came home hot and tired and took a small dip before heading down the hill to the local pizzeria where Sarah had foccacchina Jane had margherita Suzanne had Caprese Benjamin had margherita with olives and I had vegetariano For dessert we had tartuffo and headed back to rest for another day of eating and touring.