Chianti wander/wonder

Wow wee, I think we just got lost in paradise!
We picked up the car, a small Lancia, and began to drive vaguely towards San Gimignano. We got stuck in a few boring towns, but made it to San G around 4pm, thinking we would settle in for the night. (We had lunched in the town where Pinocchio was set.) Well what a disappointment! It was still thronging with tourists, and it seemed to have no other function ie not a real working town. I didn’t like the vibe a tall, so we decided to push on south to Chianti country. Nothing was looking that interesting to stay in, but the forests and the views were incredible in the rapidly disappearing light. We wound our way up a huge hill to Castellina in Chianti and tried to find one of the agri-tourismo places sign-posted. We threw a left, and found what looked like a hotel called something like Albergo...something but when Barry looked it was a restaurant called Resturante Albergaccio di Castellina..........he came back and said wow you will like the menu, maybe a little pricey but ...wild pigeon, wild boar, rabbit, duck, venison.
Across the road was a place called Villa Christina, so we knocked and asked about a room. She did have a double, so we took it on the spot without looking. As you know this can be a disaster, but it was already dark and we had to take our chances. Well the room was great. Spacious and with a nice view down the mountain. Breakfast was a feast which was include for the price of 78 Euro.
Next came dinner at the restaurant across the road. The owner of the villa said yes it was good, so we took her word for it and trudged across the road expecting a nice earthy meal.
Well the Michelin Star certificate was the first thing to hit us as we walked in!! We were early (first sitting is strictly at 7.30 we have discovered). It was one of my goals for this trip to go to a Michelin Starred place, but not to stumble upon one!! I had done research on one nearer to Turin.
They deemed to let us in early, and offered us a bubbly aperitif. There were 6 different types of bread to sample while waiting. We tossed the choices up and ate things like wild pigeon with quail egg and porcini mushrooms (in season), wild boar, speld biscuits, etc etc . Oh my God. Barry loved his crepes of spinach and ricotta that had been grilled lightly. We drank a bottle of Chianti Classico.....when in Chianti. Well 150 euros later we rolled across the road to bed.
The next day we followed a route through Chianti. What a route! Windy hill climbs and descents all through forest glades. It was much more mountainous than we expected, and more forested. The autumn colours are just beginning on some aspects and more on other aspects, so it is very, very beautiful. Towards the end of the day we got onto a more main road and headed for Montepulciano as we were due here at 2pm to get the keys from the owner. Our apartment is a two bedroomed one, with a garden, and plenty of space. I was soo excited to see a washing machine I did it all!! (not really excited)
We have a room with a view, over the Tuscan landscape. Wow!! I just wanted to lay on the bed and look.
Next blog will be about Tuscany.