FINALLY continuing....

So I believe I left off on my morning in Montepulciano...

We wake up and have our breakfast with our lovely hotel host, Alberto. Strangely enough, well eating breakfast, Jake and I notice Alberto has the Siena Contrade flag of the Porcupine. So we ask him if he knows someone in Siena. At this point Alberto becomes very excited and proceeds to tell us that he is actually from Siena, belongs to the Porcupine contrade, and actually knows our program director. After finishing breakfast and whatnot, he ends with giving us his card and tells my dad that if we ever need ANYTHING in Siena, we can just call his family and to not worry, because we are in very good hands.

We then continued on to wander around the very small city square... BUT IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE WHERE TWILIGHT WAS FILMED OH MY GOD EVERYONE SCREAM! But really, it was still pretty cool. I took lots of pictures and was really excited, it was a really nice day and we were up on a hill so we got some really great views, and then we did some wine tastings.

Dad (obviously) bought some wine, the italian man running his winery told me "sei bella" and touched my cheek and gave me a free corkscrew, and then we were on our way to Montalcino!

Montalcino was absolutely FABULOUS! It was a medieval town on a hill, MUCH smaller than Siena, but was full of charm. We had a wonderful lunch, and then were privileged enough to be there during the town's medieval festival, which included the four sections of the town (each had a different name and color) setting up booths with homemade wine, food, and other items, an archery tournament and many, MANY parades with everyone in the medieval dress. During the day we went wine tasting again (duh) but at this modern little place off a side street. You put money on a card, and then put the card in a little slot over the wine you wanted, and then put your glass underneath and it came out a little spout! Very cool, and we were able to try so many wonderful different wines AND I GOT SO WASTED MOM.

Anyway, we spent a night there and left in the early afternoon the following day, and that Sunday was spent wandering around Siena trying to find the Siena/Juventes game on TV, but strangely enough not one bar/pub had a station that only played that game. They would play ALL the football games going on that day, going in and out and in and out so we just eventually gave up and went back and took naps and then went to dinner (boring, blah, but you guys are the ones that wanted to know what I was up to so I guess I'm obligated to fill you in).

And next time on Jordan's blog....

Jordan, Jake and her dad do Venice and Milan! The Duomo! The Shopping! The Sushi!

Then... Tom Cafmeyer celebrates his 21st birthday! And in style... Jordan gets food poisoning! Develops a taste for Energade!

And finally... Jordan and Jake get stranded in London!

Ciao!