April 10 -- afternoon

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Hey -- this looks like Tuscany!  Tall skinny trees, olive trees.......  And it's not raining!

I believe this is the first time we saw Firenze (Florence) on a road sign.  This must be Tuscany!

Oh my.  Michigan roads don't lead to these places!  It's tantalizing to see the names of so many places I won't visit on this trip!  Rome!

This is the only modern-looking church I saw in Italy.

Gorgeous skies.  With more roadside wall.

We know a lot of rice is eaten in some parts of Italy.  When I saw wet low-lying fields, like these, I wondered.......  I don't think I've ever seen rice growing, in person.  I've seen it on tv.....

Grapevines.

What beautiful countryside!

We don't have evergreens like this in Michigan.  Their habit looks like a deciduous tree -- I'm not familiar with evergreens which take this shape.

Wet springs lead to lots of green.

We have a day-trip to Siena planned.....

We are approaching our destination.

Love the shadows of the tall skinny trees.

Grapevines from closer up.  Olive trees on the hill.

Olive trees, from a moving vehicle, through a not-so-clean window.

Climbing the hill, through the trees.

We have arrived.  We have parked Ugo.  This is our first opportunity to stand near the top of a hill in Tuscany, and take pictures.

Wow.

Olive trees, while I stand still, with no glass between us.  This is just how they look -- the leaves are green on top, and silver on the bottom.....

Wow..............

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