Don’t know how combobulated this post will be!
-Monteriggioni was the walled city in Tuscany that we had lunch in and where I bought a cool Chianti Classico biking jersey. I had a cheese plate for a starter at lunch, and I think a hearty Tuscan stew for primi piatti. I had leftovers (of the cheese plate) which I gave to the guides, and they were more grateful than I was expecting. So, that was nice.
-The verdict on my last day in Italy is not in. Not a very important point. But I went from Pisa to Milan. Much of the day was spent getting to the Trenitalia station, riding the 4 hour train, and then finding the hotel. However, I did have a sensational dinner at the hotel that night. Milan seemed boring to me; I couldn’t come up with something to do, but lucked out with that. The one, er, surprise: I conveniently forgot on that trip that 1 euro = 1.67 U.S. dollars (at the time). I just went mentally with “a euro is a dollar.” This resulted in me having more fun. But I also spent $100 to feed myself that night. 
-I’ll be announcing my next trip in a little bit, but for now, here’s a joke told about the country as a teaser. It’s a place with three major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Tourism.