Sam and Lauren explore a medieval Tuscan village and Castle Brolio, a fortress built around 1000 AD. Lauren finds a hidden family crypt, and they climb the battlements for views across the countryside before heading back to their Airbnb for wine and a jacuzzi.
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So it's morning number one here in Tuscany, and I always see pictures of the fog in the morning, and you can see it here. Look at that. It's beautiful. All right, so today's plan. We're gonna head out around Tuscany. Today's the first full day in Tuscany. We only have two full days in Tuscany, and on the third day, we have to go back to Florence to then head south. So we're gonna go explore. Our Airbnb guy gave us some recommendations on things that we should go see. So let's go test. All right, so we made it to our first recommended destination, which is a place called Sangous May and Drive in. What did you think of the drive in?
Amazing. It was so nice.
It was amazing. And then promised that the view would be really nice where we're going, because we said that's what we wanted to see. And Holy. He came through. Oh, my goodness. It looks like the movies. Here's the little tiny village of Sangoos May. Here's our dog that we just found. He's just following us. Well, here, let's get him. Let's get him over here. Go, go, go, go, go, go. This is what the inside of San Gizme looks like. Looks like a really, really old medieval village. Looks like they got a little wine store here. Oh, they got the view.
That's what I'm looking for.
So we're sitting down for lunch here, and this little girl is playing a.
Recorder up in her window.
Right there. She needs some practice.
That's what she's doing.
Should we clap?
She's gonna stop now.
All right, so here is the lunch we're having at this spot with our free concert. This is maybe the 10th time she played this, but so cute. It is cute. And this is what we. All right, so we have made it to the next destination. It's called Castle Brolio. Brolio Castle, which was a long way up here, but long dirt road. We got some magical shots, though, as we were coming up those castle walls. Sun coming through. You want to go explore? Yeah. So this castle was built in 1316?
Yep.
Wow. So it's 701 years old. 701. So Lauren found a little secret area over here. It's a crypt of the family who built this place in 1316. Wow. Look at this. This is their private chapel.
Wow.
Ooh. Wow. Look at this. This is, I guess, the entire family that was buried down. So we were wrong. This castle, the entire castle. It's here. Was built in 1000 AD and this chapel was built in 1316. And then the person who took it over was the Prime Minister of Italy. Italy. Italy. And then I guess it's him and his family are dead down there. Won't this be my house? This place is amazing. This is insane. No way. What?
Sam. Where like she's like papa when she sees his little carriage coming down the road. Do you know what I mean?
Uh huh. She's talking about that road I guess.
Yes. She sees his little horse and carriage come up and then. But he's like bend through some things. So he stopped right over there and he like falls out. She's like. She goes running down. Crawl here.
That's a castle. This is the view behind me. That right there is my girlfriend. Right now we're walking on the top of the castle. If there were any intruders coming off, you'd be able to see them from here as you can see for miles. Check out the castle though. Here's the.
Aww.
Can you hear that in the distance? The church bells. Here's the front of the castle. That's not the most castle looking castle I've ever seen. I don't know what it is. But off in the distance. Do you hear that? It's the bells.
The church bells.
Just going to take a castle selfie. Selfie time. Look at selfie time. Oh she's going to give me. There she goes. So that's it for the castle. This place was amazing. Like really amazing. Definitely the coolest castle I've been to. It's better than the one in Bolsena which is when we stayed inside of. But now looks like we gotta take a drive home. It's gonna take us probably about an hour to get back and it's a fun drive so I'm okay with taking it. So next time we'll see you. I'll see you back at the house. Alright. So we've made it back to our place. Sun's about to set and view is insane. You gotta check this out. Look at all of these colors. Pinks. This is amazing. Look at this sunset view. Right for the best part, look at the moon. Well, I think that'll about wrap it up for today. We're going to get some food, drink some wine, hang out, maybe hop in the jacuzzi. But I'm gonna be signing off for now. We'll see.
