A glorious ride out of our campground. Another warm day and we even rode with short sleeves by 11 a.m. The views were fantastic, and the hills long, but with good grades. Regardless, pedalling uphill for 20 plus k peaking at 600 meters is tiring, especially loaded wih 25 plus kg. Going through Poggisbonsi was a nightmare and we had to stop and ask many people many times, the way...to San Jose. Our first goal was Castellina in Chianti, obviously in the beautiful wine country where Chianti is made. In spite of these moments of being lost, we made it there in good time. There we had coffee for a short break, and ate our salami and cheese sandwiches. Now, I am sure many of you are pondering our very bad diet. It is true, but these seem to be our limited choices while cycling...hopefully we are getting rid of the cholesterol fairly quickly. We will get back to our healthy routine once we are back home and can buy fresh produce, refrigerate, etc.
We also made it in no time to Radda in Chianti, a small town in the Chianti region. It was best to stop here for the night, so we grabbed the first place advertising camere (rooms) and we got a lovely spot in a home in a walk-in basement. We had a terrace and window that overlooked a drop dead valley of vineyards. Our host had grapes on our table ready to eat, and spoke very clear and animated Italian. We really enjoyed her. After unloading we walked 1k into town and had a look, to use the internet, buy groceries. At our host's recommendation, we also bought a bottle of the local Vin Santo and Cantucci (biscotti)...and we went back to our little abode and poured and watched the sun set on the hills. The locals like to dip the biscotti in this sweet wine..so when in Rome....Our big discovery in Radda was that it was a hub for a hell of a lot of peanut butter (we treasure and hoard when we find it). ...and who said there was no peanut butter in Italy.
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