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| Erika and Megan and I preparing for our horses |
Horseback riding through the Tuscan Countryside!
A couple weeks ago my roommates and I went on a horseback riding excursion through Chianti vineyards and then went wine tasting in a 13th century castle.
Once we arrived at the stables, where no one really spoke any English, we were assigned horses. Erika made the mistake of saying she had ridden horses before and was given an Italian Stallion, a male racehorse that likes to run very fast.
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| Chianti Vineyards |
She almost peed her pants the entire 2-hour ride. Megan had an angry horse that was stubborn and angry and kept head butting the horse in front of her. Aubrey’s horse liked to eat absolutely everything and lead Aubrey astray multiple times from our group. And my horse was very mellow and calm, her name was Bruta, which means ugly in Italian, but I thought she was beautiful and we had a great ride together. After a brief lesson, that included absolutely no introduction on how to ride a horse, we rode through vineyards and beautiful trails just as the sun was setting. It was incredible and we had a lot of fun.
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| Wine Tasting |
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| Wine Tasting with Aubrey and Megan |
When we got back we were taken to a 13th century castle where we had a wine tasting of various Chianti wines. It was the first wine tasting I had ever done and we absolutely loved it. We then had dinner in a restaurant in the castle where we ate the most incredible food: bruschetta, gnocchi, thick noodle cheesy pasta, and panna cotta for dessert. After dinner we returned home to Florence. So far I think the countryside is my favorite part of Italy. It is so calm a serene and was such a nice change of pace from city life.
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