It was our first day in Tuscany and we decided to drive through the Chianti region.
We saw this sign
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and Benjamin and Jane jumped at the chance
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to climb in the park. Suzanne watched
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and Sarah stayed in the car
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with the air conditioning on. This guy
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stayed on the hill and watched us. There was a nice view of the city street
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and of the hills it overlooked
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We liked Strada especially when we found the obligatory phone booth
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but pictures like this
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made us wonder if it was ok for Benjamin to open his store
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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
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was eating lunch while waiting to be lunch for someone else. We saw Giovanni de
Verrazzano
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from the bridge of the same name. On the way to lunch, we captured
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the phone booth of Greve. These people
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were nice enough to make space for us
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including Sarah who must have been very hungry
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at their table.
After we ate some of these dishes
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Sarah
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sprang back to life. We all appreciated the good job our waiter
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did.
Next we went to this gelato store
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where the ice cream was good
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including the pink stuff
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From there, it was on to Montefioralle
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where the church was closed but the phone booth was open
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and these people had an interesting world view on their buzzer
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We came home hot and tired and took a small dip
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before heading down the hill
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to the local pizzeria where Sarah had foccacchina
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Jane had margherita
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Suzanne had Caprese
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Benjamin had margherita with olives
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and I had vegetariano
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For dessert we had tartuffo
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and headed back to rest for another day of eating and touring.