Modena, Italy

In Italy, every town, village, and turn in the road has a church or ten.  Modena is no exception.  It's a small town with a big central square and not too many people. My sister Nancy, calls it traveling closer to the ground.  We call it one off.

This is the inside of one of the cathedrals in Modena.

We visited Modena because we saw a cooking show called   "Somebody Feed Phil" and it featured balsamic vinegar tasting.  So we checked it out.   

We popped into one of the tasting stores.  A nice young woman educated us about balsamic vinegars and let us taste all of the ones she had including the holy grail of balsamic...her words. 

They all tasted different and they were all fantastic.  We settled on two to purchase and take with us to our VRBO in Tuscany.

                                   

Modena has some crazy architecture and the buildings are painted bright Easter egg colors.  This building caught my eye because of the gargoyles holding up the third floor balcony on this five story house.

Our travel to Tuscany was on the highway with thousands of semi trucks traveling along with us.  Everyone is going 130 km which is the speed limit.  Its pretty scary driving a little Fiat next to trucks and cars speeding along.  My expert driver, Rick, did a fine job getting us through Bologna, Florence and Siena on our way to our place in Toiano.