The last time we visited Montepulciano, I had some really good pasta with meat sauce, along with a plate of salami and cheese served with honey and jam. I really enjoyed the combination of the salty cheese with the sweet toppings, and it made me quite interested in Tuscan food. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t very good on that trip, so we gave up on exploring more of the area. ...
Yesterday, after finishing our hike, we drove from Bozen to Verona and stayed there for the night. Today, we continued south towards Tuscany. We didn’t really have a detailed plan for Tuscany. We just wanted to drive around, eat good food, see some countryside, and visit a few cities along the way. But even before reaching Tuscany, Verona already felt quite different from Bozen. The way people talked felt more lively and expressive, and the food had changed too. We were no longer eating things like schnitzel. Pizza and pasta had taken over. ...
Before this trip, most of our trips in Switzerland were about hiking and mountains. We would drive to a place, park the car, and then continue by cable car or on foot. This time, we wanted to try something different. While looking around on Google Maps, we noticed several mountain roads south of Lucerne. Routes 2, 19, 6 and 11 formed a big loop through the mountains, starting and ending around Wassen. ...