Sheep Cheese - MMmmmmmmmm!

It's not the Destination... But the Journey!

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September 3rd 2009
8/26/09 South Tuscany - Montilcino & Montepulciano We left Siena today for Rome. On the way we are hitting the southern hilltop towns. The drive is amazing and a bit more green than the northern towns. Tree lined roads that kept climbing and hill after hill of vines and sunflowers. Montilcino is a town made famous by their wines - better be - because they have a ton of grapes here. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Montepulciano

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more