Something about last night (and then today)

So as Laura posted we had a fabulous day trip yesterday through the Chianti region, where of course we had to have some wine (and a beer for some reason).  When we got home, we cleaned ourselves up and went to have a light supper---had to make it an early night because we had a big day planned for today which I'll get to in a minute.  Well the Chianti Gods followed us back to Volterra and our "light dinner" turned in to three great bottles of wine, some cheese with honey and some crostini with different spreads on it (not so good turned out one of the spreads ended up being pureed wild boar, I knew immediately something was amiss when my glads started tingling, but I cowgirled up and ate it).  We seemed fine while sitting in the middle of the beautiful piazza a soft warm wind blowing while we knocked back our last glass, emptying bottle three.   I decided to do some drunk dialing (from Italy to the US and to Laura's friend not mine---it seemed like a great idea at the time).  As we rose to make the short jaunt back to our hotel something just got us laughing hysterically, could of been that we were two sisters of certain ages holding hands like little girls or the way people were watching us, who knows or cares reality was we were having a blast.  We get back to the hotel trying desperately to regain some semblence of composure, but that only made us laugh harder.  It was only 10:00 so we decided to do a facial mask.  Then we get the great idea that we need to take our show on the road and in full facial mask, the Chianti courage kicks in and we pull out my Flip Video camera to make our audition reel for Ellen DeGeneres.  Off to her website they went and if we have our passports revoked upon reentry to the US we'll know who to call---our parents of course!

So on to today...today was our day to go to Firenze and see the legendary statues and paintings from centuries gone by.  In a word---Breathtaking.  We've all seen pictures of "The David", but to see him in all his marble glory was truly phenomenal.  I wondered if it is something that could be recreated today, I really don't think so!  Then off to the Uffizi gallery where we were greeted by some of the most amazing works of art the world has ever known (one of my personal favorites being "The Birth of Venus").  One thing struck me profoundly and that was the fact that the frames which held these paintings were as awe inspiring as the artwork itself and yet not one single mention on who created the frames!  A big oversight in my opinion.

After we got some culture we got our shopping on.  Neither of us went crazy but we found some great deals on italian leather goods and must e & Gabanna Sunglasses.

Wiped out after the day (and preceding evening) we stopped in our little town of Volterra for a  lovely dinner and then back to our room to prepare for a big day of driving tomorrow as we head to Sorrento (no wine tonight).

Until next time,

Mollie & Laura