Montepulciano

Other than the food, culture, people, espresso, wine, sun, landscape, etc, i also love the trains in Italy. they are cheap. they are on time. they rock. and trains in tuscany whoosh by to other tuscan regions on a quarter-hourly basis. So we hauled ourselves, walking this time, down to Siena central station and over to Montepulciano, a town I know because it's the home to my all-time-favourite red wine.

After a thirty-minute journey we arrived into Montepulciano central station looking for the city centre. And we wandered. and wandered. and wandered. until it transpired that the station was a neat seven kilometers from the city. so we waited and waited and waited for a bus. but it was worth the wait...
going in...


These buildings may look familiar because, in more recent history, the town was featured in the second 'Twilight' film, 'New Moon'.

we started our tour by devouring beautiful bruschetta
and appreciating red, white and green in various aesthetic forms









everything about this town invited you to stop. sit. drink. eat. stop. sit. i don't know how to more explain it. From all angles you're staring at cobbles or towers or churches or shops tucked into medeival walls. and you feel little. and lucky to have found it.

arrivederci!