After a rather long and twisting road through the mountains, we have arrived at our campsite in the Mugello region (Camping Village Mugello Verde) and are happy to settle in here. Ayla didn’t seem to mind the twists and turns up and down the mountains on the mountain pass road and relaxed happily in the back for most of the trip. There were a few hairpin turns that she almost fell out of the seat during but perhaps there is something to be said for laying during all this instead of trying to stand up lol.

Unfortunately, our friend’s VW bus did not fare so well on the trip. When he was checking all the fluid levels after we arrived, he discovered that he was losing oil in a big way. Thankfully he has travel insurance for his van and hopefully they will refer him to a garage which can service it quickly and affordably. This could put a kink in our plans but we were already mostly thinking we would just drive around Tuscany tomorrow and try to find some local specialties like chianti and olive oil so we’ll see how things go.