We have just checked into our final hotel. Along with walking through at least one pair of shoes each we have traveled on planes, trains and automobiles (2686km on the rental car), gondolas, water buses, water taxis, and a hot air balloon. We have eaten 3 times our body weight in pasta, pizza, cured meats and cheese, and drank an Olympic sized swimming pool each in red wine and a hot tub worth of prosecco, white wine and beer. We have met people from all over the world, had too many conversations to count that were 100% English on our end and 100% Italian on the other. When we imagined the trip, I don't think we could have ever in a million years planned for anything better. We did everything we said we wanted to do, and then some at almost every stop. After driving 4 hours from Montalcino to Milano, we made it to our hotel right next to the Linate airport. We are just relaxing on the patio with a glass of wine.
Giampiero, Claudia and Paolo are picking us up for dinner again tonight. It will be an early morning with our flight leaving at 6:55am. I look forward to this last dinner and evening in Italy.
.... Although there is still plenty of time for me to just accidentally sleep in and miss the flight ....
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