I surely had a great time! 
Yep... no "but" to ruin the fun this time! 
Weird, I know.
It was just a 4-day trip but everything was really really awesome: the places, the weather, my mood, the long trips by car, the sunflowers, the hills, the company, the Bed&Breakfast, the bread... .
Wherever you live, go to Tuscany if you have the chance... but you probably don't need me to tell you that, do you? [Aidan, next time I'll try not to pack my suitcase *that* much and leave a little place for you to hide, ok?] 
We stayed in this little B&B run by a girl and her mother and except for the first night we were the only guests, so we had the best treatment ever and we've been spoiled rotten. Basically we had the whole house just for us: 2 bedrooms to choose from, a living room, a TV room, 2 bathrooms and the garden... all included. 
Not bad, ah? And we even borrowed the mountain bikes for two days for free! 
We didn't visit that many places: we went to Pisa to see the world-famous leaning tower and I guess we happened to be there at the best moment of the day because the sun was just about to set and the light was amazing, though you can't notice that in the picture unfortunately, so you'll have to trust me! 
The first evening we went out for dinner with Rol in this cute restaurant where we ate in a garden lit by candles put on each table and on the pavement. Though I know that *anything* can taste like heaven when you're hungry and a salad can't be too exciting, the one I had there was curiously good.
On Sunday dANIEL joined us: the trip from the station to the B&B was quite funny because it was the two of us in the back of the car PLUS his bike, that meaning we only had the place previously occupied by my *leg* to suit us 
... extremely comfortable! Once we got there we rested a bit and then we went out for dinner, again with Rol, a friend of his and the leprechaun. This time we went to Tirrenia, a very touristy location on the sea: that is where the most amazing bread you could ever eat made its first appearance in our lives... and you know the pizza you ordered is almost ready, but you just *can't* stop eating it, I swear! 
I finally understand why Rol gets so sad every time he comes here and has to deal with our local bread: there's nothing wrong with it, it's simply not the same thing!
On Monday the leprechaun left and it was just dANIEL and I to enjoy our time in that beautiful place surrounded by hills and trees. 
The nearest little town was about ten minutes by bike from the B&B and we could only count on that to have lunch and dinner and to buy something for the return journey.
Getting ready to leave, waiting for the bus for Pisa, having lunch on a bench in the square in front of the station, finding the right train, arriving in Florence and doing all that stuff all over again and the trip in itself felt like a little adventure... I really loved it! 
I don't know when I'm going to be able to do something like this again, but I truly hope it will happen soon because I had the chance to face a few of my deepest fears and I defeated them... and this could only be good! 
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