For Christmas, a Gregorian Mass in an 11th century church

We were invited by our neighbors down the road, Wanda and Mario, to join them for Christmas mass at the 11th century Abbaye di Sant'Antimo. The church sits in the middle of the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine region. After a Gregorian mass in a very cold and huge medieval church we headed to a nearby restaurant for a wonderful lunch. I finally had the local specialty of the season -- wild boar stew. I am happy to report that it lived up to my expectations. The food in Tuscany is all so good it is hard to stop using superlatives to describe it. We then headed to the beautiful stone town of Montalcino walking around the near deserted streets on a foggy hilltop day. We'll add Montalcino to a list of sunny day excursions. Today is the first day in a week that we haven't had blue skies and sunshine.