We woke up Sunday morning for our 10:00 a.m. check out. While we were packing up, I noticed that my phone wasn’t charging anymore. Neither was Melanie’s. We tried flicking the light switch on before we realized that they shut the power off in our room. That’s one way to get people to check out!

Since we had a long day ahead of us, we returned back to the San Lorenzo Market for a breakfast/lunch of veggie burgers, which were delicious. After poking around the leather market for some goodies, we caught our bus for the Chianti Wine Tour.

So this tour started at 1:15 p.m. and was supposed to arrive back in Florence at 7:30 p.m. True to Italy’s late fashion this did not happen. What was supposed to be a half-day wine tour was actually a full day.

Our first stop was Greve, where we had a short amount of time to head around this little town. I picked up some presents for my Mom and then we were already on our away to the next place.

The next two stops on the list were both wineries. We drank our way through a selection of Chianti wines paired with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, and cheese.

Finally we had a bit of time to explore Castellina before heading back to Florence. At this point we hadn’t eaten a meal since our breakfast burgers. You know, aside from the little pieces of bread and cheese that accompanied the wine. There was a little pizza place where we grabbed a slice smaller than my hand for nourishment. Originally we had planned to eat in Florence before our 9:27 p.m. train. This did not happen.

Our tour bus didn’t get back into Florence until 9 o’clock. We sprinted to the station and found our first delayed train of the night. The rest of the night was madness. We were so sure that our connecting train in Pisa would be gone before we made it there and had no clue how we’d eventually get back home. Just a tip, in case you ever think you’re late for something in Italy, you’re probably like two hours early. Nothing runs on time.

I know I’m a week late with this post, but you’ll just have to bear with me. I’m running on Italian time. 😉