03 February 2011

Picnics in the Olive Grove

Wednesday turned out to be a gorgeous sunny day, and what better way to spend it than to go for a picnic? We had been informed of this lovely old monastery that was a divine picnic location, so we packed up a lunch and headed off. Of course, we had assumed that the directions given... as well as our ability to follow directions... would be relatively simple. However, we soon ended up in a nearby hillside town with grumbling stomachs and no picnic spot in sight. Naturally the solution would be to hike up into an olive grove (since Tuscany is filled with them), put down our blanket, and open the bottle of wine.


It wasn't the location we'd expected, but the sun was out and we were sheltered from the wind. The company was great and the food wasn't bad either! What a lovely way to spend a Wednesday afternoon.

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