We had another cruisy day with a leisurely breakfast and then we set off for the Castella di Ama, which is a very well known winery. It is now very well hidden since most of the signposts seem to have disappeared, so we had a very scenic route to the winery.
They do apparently make very nice wine here (we didn't have a taste) but they also have a range of installation art pieces scattered throughout, which made the tour very interesting and different. Driving back down the hills after the tour, we made a snap decision to have lunch in one of the villages. We'd had to slow down through this village because the road narrowed to a vehicle width, between houses, and so we spotted a few people sitting at a cafe, and since it was just after 1pm we thought this was as good a place as any to stop for lunch. The food was extremely tasty, and thankfully quite quick to appear - and equally as quick to disappear off the plates!
We then drove to Montevarchi to buy our train tickets for tomorrow, and this way we could also time the trip so there's (theorteically) no panic tomorrow morning.
The few hours back at the abbey will go quickly - it's a magical place to be staying at. I'm definitely not looking forward to leaving here but then again, it will be fun to be back in Florence!
At the winery, this is one of the installation art pieces. Usually you find paintings hanging on a wall. This time, the wall is a mirror and the "paintings" are gaps so you look through to the real scene beyond. Quite clever I thought
Patterns and texture
Another of the installation art - there is a long story behind each piece, but with this it is the word "Revolution" backwards, and of course you can make quite a few words out of it. The 'Lover' at the end though still has the final 'R' backwards
This is the village where we stopped for lunch - nothing like a "sidewalk cafe" as they'd say in the States, except this time its a very literal translation - and wonderful!
I wish diet coke cans were so nice in all countries!
The village - spotless streets. This is because the women sweep their homes in the mornings, and then sweep outside their front doors. In this case, 'outside their front doors' is actually the street!
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