A last picture from Tuscany, taken from the hilltop of Montepulciano. The light wasn't great, I admit, but you get what you get. Vineyards and olive groves cover much of the valley.
Lots of local events starting this weekend, which we should see starting Sunday.
Apologies to Frances Mayes' wonderful book, but we have been driving around Tuscany for a couple of days looking for the quintessential view and the light has been just dreadful. Dull, hazy, formless. The landscape shots I took are unusable. After climbing uphill about 125 meters from the parking lot to to the central piazza in Montepulciano, I had to satisfy myself with some strange entertainment. A German video crew had these two young women race around a corner and then collapse. I couldn't make any sense of it. The tourist sitting on a bench wasn't interested at all.
