Italian TV is doing a rerun of the 007 films, or doppia zero sette if you want to be correct in Italian. I found it very entertaining to watch 'The man with the golden gun' with an Italian speaking Roger Moore. It added a certain glamour although I'm not too sure how the one liners translated.
The weather has finally broken and we have had breakfast on our terrace. To celebrate we decided to go for a walk to Bagni di Mammalia and into the Tuscan countryside. We've no idea what is at Bagni di Mammalia (Bagni means baths so we thinking something Roman-like) but it's local. Only drawback is our map of the area has the key printed over the last quarter of the walk. Not that we need worry for as long as we walk North we'll hit the main road - we just don't know where. Our first attempt at this walk, a few days ago, ended in disaster as a very large storm broke over our head about 3 kms in. Fantastic to watch the lightening but was soaked by the time we got back to the car.
The walk took us 4 hours in total covering some 12kms (and 300m descend/ascent), walking through Olive groves and past deserted farm houses, and was good fun if a little hot at times. During our walk we passed a small factory (which is literally in the middle of no-where and accessed by a very small track). One of the lorry drivers stopped for us and told us to beware of vipers in the long grass - we were wearing shorts at the time. Not something you'd get in the UK - that's a lorry driver with a caring nature. BTW there were no baths.
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