Day 9 - Two Arrive, one leaves, and some last-minute site-seeing

Today was another day of rest, as Mike Kindred had to leave us at the end of the day to get back to the States, and Ron and Ryan Eastman flew in to join the crew. A few of us went into Castellina in Chianti to check out some of the sites (mostly closed, being a Sunday morning) and a surprise showing of the "March of the Volkswagons". Apparently the members of a VW club, or something like that, processed through the town, close to 100 or more VWs of all sorts parading by. Although not that Italian, still fun.
The rest went back into Siena again to check out more of the sites.

From Castellina, Tyler and Chari drove into Florence to pick up Ron and Ryan. Yeah, it takes more than just one time out to the airport in Florence to get it right. Driving in Italy is always a challenge, directionally-speaking, no matter how well you think you know the area. This guy, however, enjoys the nutty and frantic driving; for some reason I feel like I just fit in… :-) Later that evening, Mike was shuttled by some other family members to the airport for his flight back.