At the beginning of my trip here in Florence, we got an itinerary of things we would be doing throughout the weeks. The second to last thing was a trip to Chianti on July 24. On June 1, that sounded so far away. Well it was yesterday and we're almost done here. Finito. This time next week I will be sitting in my kitchen in my family's house down south. Ahh I can see it now =). Anyways, yesterday Emily, Ali, Sarah, Kim and I went with a group to Chianti through FlorenceForFun (the trip was meant for all the girls in the group but some opted not to come...oh well). It was an early morning, meeting at the farmacia in the Santa Maria Novella train station at 7:30. Took an hour long bus ride out and started walking. We were in an adorable little town called Panzano. Our tour guides, Remigio and Stefano, took us on a 2 and a half hour walk/hike through the country side where all the vineyards were, stopping for an hour at a church that had one of the most amazing views. The way the clouds were moving through the bright blue sky and casting shadows along the hills was just beautiful. I wish I could see that everyday. And the church was nice and cool and very pretty.
Finally around noon we got to the House of Sassolini, the family and wine makers that were hosting us for lunch and wine tasting. Delicious meal and great wine. Some not my favorite but hey I'm up for trying anything nowadays. We were just so hungry because we really hadn't eaten breakfast (it was 730 am!! I wasn't getting up any earlier than I needed to) and we had been walking around in the sun. It was a welcome break. The wine's weren't what I was used to and the grappa at the end was certainly not what I was used to. It's 40% alcohol and very very sharp to taste. Oh well have to try it once!
Got back on the bus at 5 and got to Florence around 6. My friend Kim, who was with us for the day, is actually a visiting Global girl from Milan and staying in Florence with her parents so we went back to her place to rest up and get ready for dinner. Her parents took all of us out and it was so so much fun. Ali and I suggested a restaurant that we've been to a few times and it was the perfect dinner. Everyone had a good time. We were tired but it was another friend's birthday so we ventured out after dinner just to say hello and happy birthday for a bit then it was back home to sleep. I woke up at 10 today....ahh the life. Loved it.
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