Maiden Voyage to Tuscany

Well, we took a trip Saturday up the coast...what we didn't know is that it would be our first trip to Tuscany.....we were headed to the military base to look for a car. The base is located between Livorno and Pisa (which is just west of Florence on the coast).....by the time we got there..it was dark and we did not see the leaning tower of Pisa....of course not......We did see a few hookers outside the military base though....quite interesting we thought...had never seen real hookers I don't think...not in person so up close in personal.. LOL!

Anyway, this picture is of a town we found along the way in the forgotten corner of Tuscany. This little town is called Pitigliano....is it not so cool?...like the rocks just morph into the buildings....very very old...not sure how old...but the local people have excavated caves in the rock below the town to store their wine and olive oil....we kept looking at the small entrances cut into the rock with very old doorways...kind of like an entrance to a cellar except in the side of the stone...no houses anywhere around...we couldn't figure it out....then I found the information about it in one of my tourist books....helps to read a little before you take off...but we never do......but we do plan to go back to check it out in more detail...we were on a mission and didn't hang around long.....

We did however stop at the bottom of this hill (where I took the picture) and bought some local wine from a guy in a cave...it was the coolest thing I have ever seen...and can you believe I didn't get a picture? Even though I had my camera out to take a picture of the town? I'll get better....I'm usually too engrossed in the moment to remember to take pictures.....

Ciao!

We didn't even realize we were in Tuscany until we were on our way home that night and it said..."leaving Tuscany...entering Umbria...we were like "holy hell....we were in Tuscany!"...so we really didn't give it the proper attention and "awe" as it deserved...but we will repeat the trip, see the Leaning Tower of Pisa...and do it right!