To get there we go on a little detour and decide to take a leisurely drive along the Francigena, which is a medieval pilgrimage route that goes from Rome to Canterbury... I'm not sure what happens at the English Channel? Anyway between Tavarnelle and Poggibonsi there are some spectacular views, with green, rolling hills.
We stop off at a small medeival walled hill top town called Barberino, where we find a pretty pine tree park to sit in and enjoy the view from.
Monteriggioni's not far, so we go and check it out. It's a small fortress town near Siena that was used by the their army in Renaissance times to defend themselves from the darstardly Florentines. It even gets a mention in one of Dante's 'cantos' in the Divine Comedy. The town is slightly bigger than Barberino and we find a really cool antique shop. After some tasting of the local wine we head back up to Tavarnelle for our March barbecue.
(Original journal entry 23/3/02)
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