A Sunday in Tuscany

Sunday we woke up with very little in the house food/coffee wise.  I had found tea I wanted to try in Ferrara, so at least I had a little caffeine fix to hold me over.  We headed out mid-morning to find a market or store to buy some food for the week, but what we found was that aaaallll the little towns around us pretty much shut down on Sundays! We drove to a few of them in search of food before settling back at the same pizza place that helped us out the night before.

One of the little tiny towns we stopped at was called Montefollonico…

After our lunch at the pizza place near the villa we headed off to Montepulciano.  This town is a bit bigger than the first one we visited, but still quite small.  We really liked Montepulciano, it's quaint but not tiny tiny.  The main roads have some cute little boutique shops and cafes and it has some great views from the outer walls.  We quickly found that, in this part of Tuscany, all the towns are on top of a hill.  The driving is a lot of ups and downs and twisty turny switch back type roads which are fun for the driver, but not as fun for the people in the back seat!

We were hit with a tiny bit of rain when we were finishing up our walk through Montepulciano.  Apparently when it rains here all the snails come out to play!! Big ones!!!

Montepulciano…

We found a small grocery store and grabbed some goods for Dave to make us a nice home cooked meal and ended the night with wine and cards!