Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo of Vinci)

We visited the museum of Leonardo da Vinci.  They displayed replicas of many of his inventions and things he had conceptualized such as the tank and helicopter.  We listened to an audio tour as we went through the museum.  Honestly, the tour was quite dry and could have used some personal stories of Leonardo to give the tourist a connection to him.  It was very text book. We sort of endured it.  

His artwork is spread throughout European museums and this museum was of his inventions.  He was a great painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. He is most widely known for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

We took the winding 126 steps to the top so we could look out over the town of Vinci.

The landscape is vast in olive trees.

That evening Dennis and I tucked the kids in with a movie while we went out
for dinner.  They had my favorite wine, yippy!  We watched as the owner prepared
an antipasta plate from a butcher's block right in the dining room.

View of Vinci from the roof tops.

Yes, that is a hoof!