Last trip ... Collodi

To avoid frittering away a whole week in cleaning, packing, preparing, we decided to spend the day at Collodi, where there is a fine walk along a well paved mule track among the olive groves.

Collodi is famous for its eponymous author Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio, whose mother came from here, and who was raised here by his grandparents in the late 19th century ...

Morning on the 4th

At a parting of the ways on the Via delle Fiabe (Path of the Fairytales)

One type of anemone ....

.... and another

A beautiful early bee-orchid

Spectacular bank of yellow daisies (species unknown)

A beekeeper working with his hives in full sting-proof gear

Ta-ta! - A giant Pinocchio waves us goodbye from the valley below ...