Many times Hollywood glamorizes something in a way that is impossible to live up to the expectations people create for it. That is unless we could walk around with Hi-Def special effects glasses on, with a soft-spoken narrator and small orchestra in tow. But when I decided to take a day trip to explore the Chianti wine region south of Florence, I was pleasantly surprised at how well it lived up to the allure. It took only a cheap, 1 hour bus ride to Greve in Chianti, and 20 Euro to rent a scooter for the day, and I was wisping my way under the Tuscan sun, with my hair blowing in the wind. Well, maybe not exactly, since it was only a 50 cc scooter, it was mandatory to wear a helmet, and my hair is still pretty short. (It was the damn narrator in my ear telling me to write these things). Nonetheless, it was everything I had hoped it would be. Vineyards lining the roads as far as you could see, beautiful plush-green rolling hills, and those quaint little cobblestone houses really do exist. I stopped at two wineries for tastings, visited a medieval town, and went back with a bottle of wine for dinner.
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