Wine Tasting

Today we had an easy day at school. Just listened to some Italian music and attempted to use the right pronunciation. The fun part was after school, we took a trip to a castle outside Siena called Monteriggioni. We had to hike in the heat, which seemed so torturous! but once we got to the castle, inside were little wine shops, a gelateria (filled with many people watching the world cup). By the way, you think people are excited about the world cup in America????? YEAH RIGHT. Come to Italy. Everyone is so obsessed. And everyone gets so into it. There are sticker books and parties and clothes. Anything you can think of related to the world cup, and of course Italia! Watching the locals watch the game is entertaining in itself. Anyways, back to the wine tasting. We went to two different stores. Each one had wine from a differnet local winery. One was very good, and each wine label had a story behind it about Monteriggioni. But I enjoyed each wine, and with it were different kinds of honey and oil with bread. I bought one white wine, and one Chianti, which is the specialty here. I'm starting to enjoy the different wines. As my mother might say, I'm expanding my palette. And it is kinda fun! I decided to spend this weekend around tuscany, under the tuscan sun. Pictures to come!