Radicofani

The last few days have been interesting! We spent two nights in Siena, where we met our Danish friends Eric & Margit. The weather Gods were not kind to us, and the entire day we had planned to sightsee it was torrential rain. We were sloshing around in sandals so as not to get our walking shoes wet, so had to warm up in cafes etc just to stay comfortable. The highlight of that day was getting into the Cathedral for free (thanks to our pelligrinos credentiales) and admiring yet again, a gorgeous cathedral certainly on par with the cathedrals we saw in Spain last year.
Yesterday we had originally planned to start walking with our friends on the Via Francigena, but due to the weather we decided to take a train to Montepulchiano and stay one night to enjoy some wine tasting. We visited several cellars and bought a bottle of Nobile "reserve" which was very good. Unfortunately our meals in that town were not up to the quality we have had in other places...maybe the fact that it was a very touristy place had something to do with it.
This morning we hired a taxi to drive us to a small village where we were able to reconnect with the Via Francigena. The weather was nice, but we had to ford three streams that were high from the recent rains, so that was fun! A lot of our walking was uphill and on roads, with the Tuscan rolling hills to look at, but they were mostly brown fields that had been plowed.
We are in a small town called Radicofani for the night..tomorrow's stage is 32 Kms and we have no taxi to help us out, so will see how it goes! By the way there is thunder and rain happening again as I write!!
Ciao for now,
Linda


Linda Haas
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