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Day 9
- Today's ride will take us up and beyond Pienza to our
furthest destination, Trequanda and then back to Montefollonico. |
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Riding up the long winding road towards Pienza. |
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It's fall in Tuscany and with that comes hunting season.
You can just make
out a man in the stubble field using his dog to flush the birds.
It was
wonderful to ride the cypress lined roads up to Pienza. |
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Vic on the final climb to Pienza. |
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A couple more switch backs and we're there. |
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One last look down the valley.
You can see the top of Mt.
Amiata that we will climb another day. |
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Mt. Amiata, Castiglione d'Orcia, & Quirico from Pienza. |
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S.Quirico from Pienza. |
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Bob, Vic and Jean enjoy a cappuccino in Pienza before we head on. |
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The old boys hang out in the local park in Pienza. |
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After a quick stop for cappuccino's in Pienza, we were on our way
to Trequanda. |
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Looking north from Pienza. Grapes and olives
everywhere. |
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You can see these olives are starting to turn
from green to a darker
color. |
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Trequanda
A small village with a simple Romanesque parish church of SS.
Pietro e Andrea in the central square. |
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What came first, the tree or the wall? |
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Roy standing outside the bakery (beaded door on left).
If it wasn't for
Sandy's sleuthing abilities we never would have found the bakery. |
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We're getting a piece of the pan forte which is a a delectable cake, like
a very dense xmas cake. |
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Next stop,
Montefollonico. |
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Montefollonico
This was a very small little village with the usual churches
and such. The views were outstanding as the village is perched on top of a
hill. |
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Locking up the bikes outside the town wall. |
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Ian, Keang, Roy and Vic standing guard duty.
This is the main entrance to
the town. |
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Street scenes... |
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Time out for a little foose ball.
Heh, no cheating even if the acorn won't
roll properly. |
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The views were great from up here. |
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Here, there was a small wooden door leading to the outside of the wall.
Usually in most of these fortified towns we saw a large arched gateway -
the main entrance, a rear gate, sometimes smaller than the front, but this
was the first side door I saw. |
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Imagine dinner on this terrace. |
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Coming back from Montifollonico. |
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From here it was back to Pienza to catch up on emails and then back to Le
Checche. Another great day. |
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Tonight's chef was Doug who served up mushroom and seafood (del mare)
risotto. Great job. Good help from the sous-chef. |
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Myrna's into the wine again.
A craving for simple carbs. |
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Shift into gear for
Day 10 |
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