We continued on down the road from the castle and followed our directions into some more off-roading. We walked past a few more farmhouses and also encounter some boars (cinghiale) in a group of olive trees. At first we were frightened by them, but they turned out to be much more frightened off us. They ran off before we could get any pictures or have any other interaction, which in retrospect is probably a good thing. We found that we had to descend some from the hills in to Settignano. The town was quiet because it was a Saturday. Most of the shops and restaurants were closed when we got there. We picked up a bottle of wine from a local vineyard and then stumbled around the village for awhile before find our bus stop near the church in the main square.
The bus back into Florence was a nice trip back down the hills and into the city. After all our walking it was nice to ride for awhile. The trip certainly was full of interesting sights and sounds. It is always nice to get out and walk and really absorb the feeling of place at the speed which nature intended us to move, but after a long day of hiking it is nice to head back to "civiliazation" take a shower, have a warm meal and get out of the rain that started as we were headed in for the day.
I hope to add some more pictures soon of the more "photo" variety. I have a few from here in Tampa that I'd like to put up and I've also been going through more pictures from different trips from '08...
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