Wow, lots of winding roads to get there and the most beautiful landscape. The grapevines are very spectacular and it’s just about harvest time so you can see the grapes hanging on the vines plump and ready to pop. Montepulciano is know for some of the best wines in the region. Can’t wait to try some.
Like I said before, everyone has small cars. The roads are so narrow, it’s a little scary. After being in Rome with all the traffic and crowded streets this is very peaceful. We continue on the windy road and pictures do not do this place justice. I can see why a lot of artists like to come here. The cypress trees are amazing. So tall and straight. We saw many fields of sunflowers, however, they had already bloomed and were drying up. I can only try imagined what they looked like. There are many incredible buildings just as you see in the movies. It was really something. Continue on the winding roads for awhile and finally arrive at Dick and Sue’s. Parking is very tricky because there is none or I should say very limited. OK, we arrive and Susie and I think we are going into the house we’re standing next to. Oh that’s to easy. Dick says we have to go down three switchbacks to the house. Remember no driving on a lot of the streets because there is no room. Here we go with that da-- luggage. Down the winding, uneven, narrow, cobblestone road. Yeah! The house. WOW, how beautiful with all the beautiful surroundings. First flight of stairs (15steps) to the entrance and now oh great and now another 25 to our bedroom.
We put our things down and off we go to town. What a great little town. This is the town where Sue knows the pottery guy. This town has the most unique shops. A lot of the shops are 3, 4 and 5 generation. They all make their own goods. It’s incredible. And the wine and cheese shops. Yum, yum, yum. I finally meet the man with the pottery and of course I like it. We set up a time for tomorrow that I can talk to him and purchase. We watch a short live theater production in the square which the local people put on. Fun. One thing I notice is the amount of older people (75+) who live here and Sue said they have been her all their lives. They walk up and down these winding, steep roads to town and to their little grocery. Everything is done on foot. Mary Mazzetta, maybe you should drink more wine and eat more cheese, it could give you more energy for walking.
Off to dinner to a great little restaurant. (We’ve eaten at many the past few days). They have this past that they are known for called pecci (pronounced peachy). I had risotto. Yummy! Another wonderful evening in Italy.
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