Tuscany ... We made it!

We always promised our selves that we would go to Tuscany some day and here we are. We are in the town of Sienna. It is a medieval town completely surrounded by a large wall. The streets are all cobblestone (come to think of it – so was Rome and Sorrento). Walking thru town you can imagine knights and damsels from King Arthur’s time (ok wrong country but the analogy works).

We drove up here this morning on the Autostrada. Its kind of fun being able to legally go 85mph. (I wont say how fast we really went ) but you sure can cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. We are here today and tomorrow. After that our schedule is open. We may stay another day here or we may head north towards Switzerland. You will know when we do.

Did I mention that we are paying about $9.00 for a gallon of gas?

We also brought so much clothes that we are seriously contemplating either shipping a bunch back home or just throwing out a suitcase full. The saving grace I guess is that we are traveling by car. If we were going by train we would have already lighted the load.

Pompeii

Took the train to Pompeii for the day on Sunday. The ruins are amazing. They cover such a large area. Its hard to imagine how the city could have just disappeared that fateful day. It was a beautiful sunny day and we walked for hours and took hundreds of photos.

At the end of the day we took the train back to Sorrento, had a nice dinner, a bottle of wine, and did our usual evening walk about for a few hours.

The atmosphere in Rome was that of a big street party each night. In Sorrento it is more of a street festival. Each night the town closes off its main roads to traffic and it seems like everyone comes out to walk, have a gelato and just enjoy the night breezes. Either way the Italians sure know how to have fun and live life. We are going to miss this town.