Original plans for Saturday had us leaving Siena for Chianciano Terme. Because we so loved Siena and Palazzo Ravizza, and to be able to attend a Saturday night concert (part of the Siena Music Festival), we added an extra night in town, cutting the first night from Chianciano Terme.
Cortona was on our must-see list, so we set out early in the afternoon. First big surprise of the day was finding a shop fully dedicated to truffles: truffle cheese, truffle pasta, truffle honey, truffle butter, truffle oil, and - of course - truffles. We became fast friends with Francesca, attending the shop, who let us taste some truffle products and helped us with our Italian. We also bought an extra suitcase to bring home everything we bought.
We sat in the Cortona town square for a drink. Immediately, we were approached by an American couple asking if we had just gotten married in Siena the day before. They had seen us walking the piazza for pictures after the wedding, and even showed us some pictures they'd taken.
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A shop just for truffles of the fungus kind? Oh, yum... that sounds amazing. My Jealousy rises, it does!
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