Report from Team Italia in Tuscany

As reported by Thu AKA -2

Our first ride with a 50Km from Pienza...It's a loop ride to Montopulciano to Monticcheiello then back to Pienza.

The picture was our first stop at Sant'Anna In Camprena monastery...This is where they
filmed "The English Patient"...It was beautiful there...We did one mishap when Roena was trying to clip in...didn't quite made it and started to tip over...at the perfect moment that Pauline rode by...and yes, she knocked Pauline over to the next lane...Pauline who skillfully tuck into a roll...as the the same time a car was coming over hill toward her...Imagine us yelling..hurry up and get up..a car is coming...Otherwise, it was a nice ride along the rolling hills...

Ok, the last 1.5 miles back to Pienza was a killer...
It was uphill like going up to skyline...this is after we rode about 35 miles already...We were all beat except for Susannah who decided to stay in the last town for a hr forsomesightseeing then caught up to us and arrived back in town 15 minutes after we did...She is ready to go down the hill and do it again...

PS.  For those who is wonder who is laying in the picture...that's Pauline..who is taking
a power nap...since didn't get in her 10 hrs of sleep in the night before...

Ciao...till next time...
-the gang