Last weekend our group decided to explore the Tuscan countryside by going "trekking" as the Italians call it. Therefore we all met up in the morning right outside the city walls. All the American students show up in their shorts, t-shirts, tank tops, the usual.. Then the Italians arrive. Whether they were dressed to go out to dinner or to hike the Francigana Road (connects Siena to Rome) or to go out to lunch we did not know. Fully covered head to toe in jeans, polos, leather belt, fashion sunglasses and puffy coats and, of course, their smoking their cigs they casually strolled up to the bus stop.
We had a wonderfully hot day on a 12 km (8 mile) hike through the forest area, then out on an open dirt road. At one point we had to cross over a creek and afterwards several of the Italian roommates were spotted trying to clean the mud off their shoes. The hike ended at a beautiful church outside Montalcino which we were able to explore the rest of the afternoon. Famous for their wine and honey gelato, the little medieval town was the perfect oasis after a long day in the sun.
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