After we had a nice afternoon in Montepulciano we headed back to Pienza with one stop to photograph some poppies.  In the early evening we  went outside of town to photograph the last light of the day.

20130526_2013_may_italy_0001 This shot was taken outside of the gate of someone's house.    We were heading  back to Pienza and saw the scene from the road.  We rang the bell outside of the gate to see if we could go inside the grounds to photograph but no-one was home.  So we had to put the camera's through the gate to get some shots.  We loved the poppy field-one of the best ones I saw in Italy.

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A few scenic shots taken from near the hotel in Pienza.

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20130526_2013_may_italy_0006 We loaded up the mini-vans and drove to an area just outside of town where we were dropped off.  We ended up hiking down a country road to get various scenic shots.   

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20130526_2013_may_italy_0008 The town of Pienza in the distance.  

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I would wait for the light to hit different areas of the fields.  

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The town had a nice glow on it from the sunset.

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There was some nice colour in the clouds.  It was just about time to go back to town and have dinner.  Fortunately for us we didn't have to hike back up the hill as the mini-vans were waiting for us at the end of the road.