We enjoyed our stay in Emilia-Romagno but it was time to move south. Today was our longest drive since we have arrived in Italy at 250 kilometers. We had checked the weather for Parma last night and it showed cloudy so we were caught off guard when it started raining steadily around Bologna. But fortunately we were on good roads the whole way, and we passed thru several long tunnels which gave us breaks from the rain.
This is our second time in Tuscany as we visited Florence, Lucca and Sienna during our first trip thru Italy in 2019 and enjoyed them all. This time we are focusing on smaller towns. Our campground is a couple of kilometers outside of what looks like a beautiful town called San Gimignano. We thought about going into town when we first arrived, but just as we settled in the skies opened up and it rained hard for the next couple of hours. Finally around 4pm the clouds blew thru and we had a beautiful blue sky.
I convinced Ton to go on a short walk after dinner. I didn’t expect her to go far as evening walks are something she usually does for me, not her. But the Tuscan hills worked their magic on her. Before I knew it she had walked nearly to town admiring the vineyards, olive orchards and homes when I reminded her that it was getting late, and she reluctantly turned around.
While our campground is surrounded by beautiful hills on 3 sides, the fourth side is the town soccer stadium where there has been a series of practices going on for the last several hours. Its a good thing I am a soccer fan, and have found the practices mildly entertaining if a little noisy.