Creme (something with eggs) and pistachio - Day 5

A trip out to the Chianti region. We woken by the Americans getting ready to leave.

Finally got ready to have breakfast another delicious breakie with the change of cake to chocolate marble cake, before we set off on the hunt for petrol as the gauge reached empty. We find a garage, it's Sunday, it's closed ! Don't panic, we drive down the road, find another, it's also closed. We drive back towards the direction we're meant to be going in, phone Simonetta she reassures us that there's a petrol station (lots of them) along the autostrada. With the empty light on and 15mins drive we find one, and after some help of some Italians with little English (but more than our Italian) we work out that you pay the machine first then it fills it up automatically for you, and to Jo's surprise a little,goes along way here.

Off we drive to Chianti towards Sienna then off to Cat.. stop at Bostia look at the outside of a castle, drive off to ..... nothing to see but lots of beautiful views along the way...

so on to Vertine take some photo's...

try some wine (very nice wine), hope we don't have to pay E10's for it and order some brushetta, and a pastry pie (imagine a Gregg's pie for posh people) very nice, with freshly squeezed juice, followed by a fruit tart and an apricot type cake, in a peaceful setting with tweeting birds swooping by and the odd meow of a scruffy cat.

I love my wife x (Thanks Jo nicely added touch)

Then off to the next village while listening to Elbow, the seldom seen kid, singing along loudly to the Fix. Actually no we decided to drive to Arezzo, strange place, we drove into the new centre seemed a bit like a foreign Stevenage no roundabouts just lots of traffic lights. Most of Arezzo was destroyed during WW2 and we seemed to feel it’s sadness as if it had been forgotten as we walked through the quiet streets of the old town centre.

By avoiding the crowds we found a scary but beautiful deli where we brought cheese, salami, ham, bread and pizzas sticks, along with a newsagents where we got some drinks and walked up to a park to eat dinner, relax...

and again watch the sun set and the people play before walking through the main street to find a very busy Ice cream shop, so we couldn't’t resist.

We make our way back to the B&B for a quick read on the balcony then finally an early night, where Jo (for a change falls fast asleep first).