We already know that we can't do anything in depth with this trip - it's a great introduction to Italy, but really just skims the surface. I talked with my boss again yesterday and, in spite of all her trips to Italy (she takes groups of students over to Rome), she's never seen Pisa . She's never gone to Florence. That got me thinking again about the parts of Italy I've always dreamed of seeing. As I mentioned in a previous post, they were the Cinque Terre, Venice, and Tuscany. I think I'd forgotten that, thinking that we needed to see the big cities and such. How could I overlook a full day in Tuscany in lieu of a mad dash through Florence and a trek to see an architectural disaster?
Your post made me look closer at the Tuscan Countryside excursion and it was like a light bulb finally lit up in my head (you'd think it wouldn't have taken so long, but let's overlook that, shall we?). Dirty Florence and crowded Pisa or rolling hills and quaint Etruscan villages? Of course I'd rather spend a day in medieval towns in the Tuscan countryside! I can't even begin to count how many times I've watched "Under the Tuscan Sun" or "The English Patient," and wished I were in Tuscany.
Your photo of the "Town of Fine Towers" sealed it for me, although I needed little convincing! Let's skip Florence and it's dirt (we'll have plenty of that in Rome) and enjoy as much of the Italian countryside as we can. The view from Volterra (pictured above) is breathtaking. We should take advantage of the chance to see that in person.
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