Our first stop in Tuscany was Pitigliano, a rather nice hill town on the
border with Lazio. We spent an enjoyable few days here and had yet another
great morning in the market. As a result I am now the owner of a rather
nice hat (see picture). We have had to install a new hook on the wall in
the van to stop it being sat on!
After Pitigliano we skipped through the rest of Italy quite rapidly
stopping just a couple of times. Despite its fame and beauty Tuscany just
didn't grab us, maybe it was because we were all hill towned out, maybe it
was the tidyness, the number of Brits and Germans or just that it felt
plain un italian! Don't get me wrong, it is beautiful and exactly like all
the pictures but for some reason just wasn't for us.
From Tuscany we made one more stop, just into Liguria and at the start of
the Italian Riviera in an area called the Cinque Terre. This is a UNESCO
listed bit of coast with five old fishing villages that until the late
1800's (When the railway arrived) had no access other than by sea and until
recently had no road access. We had a lovely day hoping between the
villages by traain and wandering the. coast paths and followed it up with a
pizza out as a treat for our last night in Italy after a great 6 weeks.
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