San Fedele

The wifi barely works at the 800 year old monastery so I've been writing manual notes which will be updated later. First impressions of the Tuscan  countryside is that it reminded me of Northern California wine country, which is entirely logical. After a day, I thought California is,   Basically a cheap knockoff of Tuscany in general. Hiked eArly yesterday morning to the nearby village of Vagliglia (sp?) serenaded by dawn chorus and surrounded be the sweetest air. Fog clung to the low lying areas and spring wildflowers in bloom.  Wild radish, mustard, lupine, poppies, Queen Anne's lace and more. A doe bounded along in front of me on the narrow winding dirt road. At the village, lilacs spilling over a fence beneath  tangle of olive branches, framed by wild red country roses. Saw wild boar tracks in the mud down by the smllish lake, its rippled surface pink with the dawn. The start of another beautiful day.