Monday at the Winery

What do we do when one of us wakes up at 11:30 am, misses breakfast and there is no lunch served at the restaurant? Well, you just go for a walk, drink lots of water and eat the granola you thought to bring on the trip! It saved the day and because we had so much to eat on the plane and at the restaurant Sunday evening, we managed to avoid starving all day long. 

The area around the winery is gorgeous; even got to see them harvesting the grapes to make the delicious wines they offer here and to see the machine that separates grapes from the vine stems. Jet lag forced us to relax much of the day so that was a good thing. We captured a few photos and on one of our walks, I met my new little friend – no barking, just running up to the fence to say hello and allow me to hold his paw and have a little chat! 

At the end of the day, we headed up to the restaurant for another fabulous meal.

Tuesday at the Winery

Nicola was at the winery on Tuesday so he suggested we go to this little town nearby to walk around – Gaiole in Chianti – it was very small but it did have little shops and bars to eat at. 

We walked all around, found a shop that said “Hey Fran, come in and see what we have” so of course I went inside and found the cutest purse that I really had to have. They had some gorgeous sweaters but they were made of wool and I cannot wear wool so I just admired them. The owner of the shop has a large open area with her sewing machines and she makes everything in the shop to sell – not the purses – but the clothing was different and unique and the men’s shirts were very nice. 

After walking around and going into the church, we went to one of the bars for a drink and all the folks were very friendly. After 2 hours of roaming around, Nicola picked us up and we returned to the room. We were still tired from our trip so relaxing was a blessing for us. Without a car we can’t do much around here but it has been nice to just relax for a change. We went to dinner at the restaurant again and decided to have their steak which in fact was Steak Florentine – big, thick, juicy and rare. We could not finish it all but perhaps 90%; it was delicious. Got back to the room at 9:30 and decided to read for a bit then hit the hay and hopefully after a good night’s sleep, feel more human again in the morning. 

We were having such a grand time eating that we simply didn’t think to take pictures of the rest of the meal but we did have salads and roasted potatoes. We felt bad about not eating all the steak but believe me, we ate a ton, and as I said, a good 90% of it. Meraviglioso!

Tomorrow we’ll be in Orvieto.