Our first stop was San Casciano in Val di Pesa, a town we have previous memories of, and which we found has developed a greater up-market persona. Beautiful shops displaying homewares, food and wines of the area, real estate and restaurants and bars.
Amazingly I had my first cappuccino today, day 25, so we took a photo. One reason for abstenance is the heat, however it is very much not the done thing to order a cappuccino after midday. Italians are obsessed with digestion and they believe that milk consumed after 11 am - midday will screw up your digestion for the day.
Our transport, the little Opel Corsa was lucky today, a car park in the shade and with a view.
The end point of today's excursion was Gambassi Terme, an area I wanted to check out as I have had a germ of an idea for a future trip. Ever since our portion of the Camino di Santiago walk was cancelled due to Covid in 2020 I have been thinking
about the Via Francigena. But can this poor old body, (and rapidly getting older) possibly do a section of such a walk? I wanted to look at the terrain in this area which we did not know.
We saw several people pass through Gambassi Terme on their pilgrimage route, one on a bike, the others walking. The signs and directions were plentiful and the general area was encouraging.
Gambassi Terme is a lovely little town with an historic centre, a castle, Romanesque churches and an interesting old gardens area. A light lunch was enjoyed in the piazza as a couple of men at the next table played cards, to the encouragement and entertainment of another eight or so men.
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