We shall return!

Thanks for all of your kind comments!  You know it only encourages me. 

Thursday was a fun day.  G wanted to do a mondo ride with lots of climbing.  Me, ....not so much! So he went off on his way and me on mine.  The climb that had taken me almost 2 hours the first day took one hour twenty yesterday!  Whoo hoo!  I really enjoyed the solo ride because I was the only cyclist on the road.  Hardly any traffic and plenty of birds and quiet.  Feels good to ride up a hill under your won physical power.  Stopped in Radda in Chianti for my salumi and pecorino panini..delish!

Don't normally selfie but this was too good not to!

Not a bad lunchtime view.

When G returned from his epic ride we went for gelato (natch) and spent time deciding where to go for dinner.  We ended up at this fantastic place called "Ristorante Malborghetto".  We were greeted by the chef and just had such a lovely time and meal.  Gawd Tuscany is truly like the brochures!

The slop we had to eat in Tuscany!

Today was supposed to be rainy and G's bike had malfunctioned yesterday so we went for a walk up in the hills to compensate for missing out on a bike ride.  We were on a "Strade Bianche" one of the famous white gravels roads of Chianti.  Lots of fun to see the untouristy parts of the region.

Our goal was that castle above G's head, but hunger won out!

After that we hopped in the car to go tour south of Sienna and see the region as it opens out.  It was amazing, vista after vista (punte panaramico after punto panaramico).  Got a few Kodak moments for sure.

Look at the weird pump jockeys in Italy.

Unbelievable...sigh.

Sadly it's our last day here.  We are off to the coast tomorrow for a couple of days. No more cycling but definitely eating "thatsa for a sure!"

One more morning to enjoy this view.