Driving in Italy is relatively easy since the roads are well signed, people use their blinkers and despite their high speeds, drivers are generally courteous. However, be prepared for anxious drivers to ride your bumper if your caught coasting in the fast lane. Unlike the United States, the left lane is for passing only.
We packed up our rented Fiat Seiscento (barely large enough to hold three people) with picnic supplies, our favorite books, cameras and our staple, red wine and headed for the hills of Tuscany.
It seemed that around every corner there was something more picturesque than the next and we found ourselves pulling off to the side of the road often to admire abandoned farmhouses, quite churches, weather-worn signs and the rolling hills of vineyards that continually took our breath away. A left turn here, right turn there, up a hill, down a dirt road; we were hunters in search of the undiscovered. Of course, not much has been left undiscovered, but we were willing to try. |
