Day 13 (Tue 16 September) - Firenze to Roma via a winery in the Chianti district of Toscana. This might have been a fairly uneventful day for us - a longish bus ride from Firenze to Roma - except that our tour included a visit and lunch at the Castello di Verrazzano in the beautiful Chianti district of Tuscany. The first thing to say is that the weather was perfect (again) and that the Tuscan countryside in the Chianti area is beautiful beyond description. The tour, wine tasting and lunch were all of exceptional standard and several of our brave and hardy group agreed that we could all very happily retire to this place. Perhaps the soporific effects of the wines and great food influenced these lazy thoughts. I will leave it to a small collections of photos to illustrate these thoughts. We have finally arrived in Roma, the last port of call for the formal touring part of our travels. After Rome we head back to the north where we will revisit my home town of Conco from our base in nearby Asiago. But this is getting slightly ahead of the schedule. Tomorrow, we head to the Colosseum in the morning and later I hope to catholic up with my cousin Sebastiano for a second time.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:38:58 +0000