italian postcards
(a couple of summers in the Tuscan mountains)

 

 

Succisa

I wrote about the bocce tournament in one of last year's postcards.  Here (at right) is a better shot of the men as they await a toss that will give red the advantage.

Above, Renato Sr. sits amidst the spectators.

The road from Succisa to Case Rotelli is 2k.  You pass by a small mountain stream and under the overpass of the Autostrada that runs from Parma to La Spezia.  It's on this road that we stopped to pet the horses and while we lingered there we met Adriana and her friends heading towards Succisa.  Then Adriana's childhood friend, Mattia, came speeding by on his motorino en route to Berceto, the first big town on the other side of our mountain (no longer Toscana, but Emilia Romagna).

 

Gina's cantina.  Here she stores potatoes and onions, wine, salami, etc. 

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