Adventure #16: Tuscany (Lisa solo)

Okay, maybe I shouldn't give this trip blog adventure status since Damon could not attend. It was a work trip, but lots of fun. The Wilson Daniels sales & marketing team spent a week in Tuscany, with Florence as our base. We took day trips to visit our clients Castello di Volpaia (in Chianti Classico), Tenimenti Angelini (estates in Chianti Classico, Montepulciano and Montalcino) and Marchese Lodovico Antinori (estates in Bibbona and Bolgheri in the Alta Maremma along the Tuscan coast). Our visits to the wineries were absolutely wonderful, and the sun came out as the week went on. The meals, wines, conversations and bus rides throughout the week were unforgettable -- lots of great memories already. Almost every night we were back in Florence in time to have dinner and wander throughout the streets on our own. It was great catching up with all my co-workers; it seemed more like I'd been gone one a short trip and just returned than being away for six months. Very relaxing for a company trip. Florence was much dirtier than I remembered it from our honeymoon, but still a charming city. I found some time to visit the San Lorenzo market to buy gifts for family and friends. Our imports director and I jogged up to the Piazzale Michelangelo on Saturday morning to see the city from its best vantage point before heading to the airport.