Left 5 Terre at 7am with Bill wearing his badge of pessimism. Finally when we were down the mountain pessimism turned to optimism, concern turned to relief and we made our way to Pisa. Bill was concerned that we would not make it to Pisa for our scheduled Torre (tower) tour time. As it turned out we were an hour early. Good job Bill. The roads are nail biters. Can you say high altitude hairpin turns with an Italian in his Alfa 3 meters off your ass? Up 297 steps and down 297 steps with a little vertigo. Pretty amazing structure but the town is a circus. Leaning tower is to Pisa as Rock City is to Chattanooga. Made it to Greve which is in Chianti by 2p. Let the red wine and pasta and fagoli tour begin. Found the villa after a wrong decision to drive down a road that eventually became a tractor trail for an olive grove. Bill was not very happy. Settle in to our room and the bathroom is as large as the entire apt. unit in Vernazza. So very nice! Dinner in 30 minutes and can not wait for the funghi pasta.
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