A page from a sketchbook I kept while cycling around in Italy. Barbarino Val d'Elsa is a small town in central Tuscany, about four hours cycling south of Florence. I drew this from the associated campsite, which - as usual in Tuscany - was located down a steep hill and up another one from the town itself.
The place is quite charming, even if it lacks much that holds the attention. It has a plan designed for defence - imagine an almond shape formed by high walls, embracing just two streets that meet at either end of the almond at fortified gates. Of course, a lot of additions have been made to that basic medieval plan, but it's still quite apparent on the ground.
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