This morning me and Anshul left Firenze for a trip to Chianti. He wanted to visit a winery, so I headed myself to Greve. We stopped there looking for some information and to visit a famous wine shop. The tourist info office was closed on sundays and while we were leaving, Jessica, Kate and Lauren, three cute canadian girls, stopped us asking for info and how to get to some wineries. These undergrad students were backpacking around Europe and felt a little lost because they had reached Greve from Firenze on a bus but on sundays almost everything was closed. “We have no car, can we come with you?”

Of course, we’ve been happy to say yes. We wandered a bit in the countryside before stopping to Fattoria Montagliari, a nice place just on the road that leads to Panzano where we’ve had a nice lunch, visited the vineyard and tasted their Chianti Classico (which by the way is not bad at all). This time I’ve played the expert, explaining the winemaking process to Anshul and the girls. After that, we continued on the road to Siena and visited Piazza del Campo, just to take a look. It’s been a lot of fun, expecially because of the nice company with the girls. Who would have ever said we were gonna meet three Canadians lost in the middle of Chianti today?