Italy again and Tuscany at last-Monteriggioni

The ferry back from Greece was even more awful than last time. First our car was searched by the Greek army (for what we were quite sure) and then when we got inside the ferry we were forbidden to sleep on the floor and told to do so we would have to go outside on the deck all night. Not wanting to be freezing and covered in spray all night (we had nothing warm as on the way over we had no problem with sleeping on the floor) we finally managed to find a back staircase landing to sleep on near the crew entrance, the only problem being it was boiling hot. It led to an awful night of heat and glaring lights, not something I want to repeat in a hurry.

Once in italy however things improved as we decide to go through Tuscany on our way up to Venice. We were hoping it wouldn't rain this time and while these hopes were dashed, we did have a lovely time. 

The view as we drove.

We decided to focus on the region of chianti this time, and it was a brilliant idea. We stumbled across the town of Monteriggioni and even a nearby campsite called Luxor that was nearby. Here is a photo of the road that led to the secluded but surprisingly popular campsite in the forest. 

The town was a tiny fortified village, we came in just as the sun was setting and it was beautiful. 

The entire village was a no driving zone so no cars spoiled the post card perfect place. 

The little church in the main square, easily the biggest and main building in the village. 

We had to race back so as not to bad driving the tiny dark and winding roads at night and also to get back to the campsite before they closed their gates. It was so difficult with the town beckoning, bathed in golden light so it looked like something out of storybook that couldn't possibly be real.