Driving in the Rain

We headed out to a small Tuscan town, Greve in Chianti, in the area known of course for its Chianti wines. After some wine tasting there, we attempted to get to the medieval hill town of San Gimignano. Should've been less than an hour's drive, but it took us nearly three. Several roads were flooded over and closed, requiring us to backtrack and find our way around without the benefit of the GPS. Even then, the open roads were covered with water, mud, and debris, and rain poured down and lighting and thunder struck. [Devin's note: it is fun to listen to the Google GPS pronounce italian street names like a valley girl.]

The normally meandering Fiume Greve creek was overflowing its banks in places and flooded over several roads that we tried to take.