We've made it!

Having survived the Italian A1 from Verona and after an hour crawling around Florence in horrendous traffic we finally made it down to Montevarchi and met Dany and Paolo at the railway station.

We had a fantastic welcome. It was great to see some old faces and to put some new faces to new names. After very pleasant outdoor drinks and nibbles we set off in convoy to meet Javier and Michela, again at the railway station. Then it was off to a lovely restaurant for our evening meal.

The drive up to Odina was a great surprise. The huge property is on top of a 650m hill with commanding views over all around. The road was spectacular in the dark, I'm really looking forward to seeing the views in their full glory.

No wireless this evening means a further delay in posting some photos. We'll get this sorted in the morning.