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We spent a few nights in Monticchiello. It is a typical Tuscan town similar to Montalcino/Montepulciano. We spent a couple of days criss crossing the Val d'Orcia, and it was amazing. I recommend getting your own car so you can control the pace. We hit some of the medieval towns, but the best part was driving across the countryside and stopping and taking pictures of farms, villas, etc. There is a small chapel seemingly in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a clump of cypress trees. It is called Capela de Madonna di Vitaleta. We also drove to the Abby of Sant' Antimo. It is a beautiful monastery down in a valley. We also visited the fortress at Montalcino. You can walk along the walls and there is a very nice wine bar (enoteca) inside the walls.
On our way back to Rome we spent a couple hours in Cortona. I highly recommed stopping there. The views from the city are amazing.

We stayed at a really cool spot in Monticchiello. We found it on AirBnB, it is an apartment built into the tower of the city walls. It has a window in the bedroom that looks over the Val d'Orcia. It was owned by a lady who also owned the restaurant in town. She was a real character. She has since passed away but I believe her daughter is running it now.

This was the view from our bedroom:


This is the AirBnB link:
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Let's go LSU/Iceland!!

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It was the last day that the place was going to be open.

They closed for good that night after 50+ years in business.

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In that context, asking for a recipe is worth a shot.

On a normal dinner out, it could be considered rude.

Trashy

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We just walked around the little town and through the cathedral there. The town sits on top of a hill. You take a bus or tram to the top of the hill from the train. There is a great view once you get up there. We probably spent 3 hours in Ovierto maybe but it was a good change of pace from Rome.

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I second Orvieto. We stopped there for a few hours on our way out of Rome into Tuscany. It is an ancient city, we went down St. Patrick's well- really cool, walked around the old town, visited the Duomo. We ate a great meal at a small restaurant run by a mom and daughter. We were the only ones in there and they took their time to sit and talk with us for a bit. It was during Mardi Gras and we passed through a group of about 30 kids and parents having some sort of Carnival celebration in the streets. They had masks on and were throwing confetti. It was neat to stumble upon that.

Get ready for an influx of white LSU hoodies and visors around Baton Rouge this fall. Lane is a trendsetter and the frat boys and grown man simps will wear it thinking they can be as cool as LK

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