Cusona

On our way to the hill-top, walled city of San Gimignano we realized that the sosta we were heading to was actually located in Cusona, about 10 km away. The drive through Tuscany was pleasant, although the roads were narrow, which at times made for close calls with other cars. We managed to get close enough to San Gimignano to take a picture of the town before doing our U-turn and heading towards our rest spot for the night. When we arrived in the industrial area of Cusona we quickly came to the conclusion that we would not be the only ones staying the night. When we got closer though, we noticed that the other campers were actually spending as much time as they could here. So we decided to pull in anyway and camped the night with the gypsies. They weren’t typical gypsies though. They seemed to be well off as all the campers were new. One of the men helped back me into the parking spot. There were two electrical outlets, but surprisingly only one was in use (but all the campervans were hooked up to it using a splitter). We had electricity until around 7pm when the breaker blew. None of us could figure out how to fix it so we went without. We decided to get going early the next morning, around 9ish. When we got the van ready to pull out, I noticed that a large camper had decided to park right in front of us at some point during the night, essentially blocking us in. If the guy wouldn’t have moved I planned on backing out over the curb. The same man that helped guide me in the previous night came over and started speaking to us, he suggested we knock on the camper door, when we said we couldn’t speak Italian he took it upon himself to do it for us. A moment later we were on our way.