A day in the countryside of Tuscany : Pinocchio Park

Today we took the train for about an 1 1/2 hours to a town in Tuscany called Collodi. The train ride there was uneventful and went rather fast. Sophie was so excited b/c we one of the places we were heading to was called Pinocchio Park since it was the town where the man who wrote Pinocchio was from.

Pinocchio park was both fun and creepy (right up sophie’s alley). I dont know what other Pinocchio stories exist out there but apparently they involved some creepy characters who were on display at this park. It is very concerning for Sophie who likes to know every detail and she keeps asking what this other Pinocchio stuff is about.

This is the first creepy example…I’m not sure who this character is. There were examples like this all over and they got even creepier though i dont think i took pics.

Here is another (which was part of an entire wall full of mosaic creatures looking like this

Inside that bus thing to the left was some sort of Pinocchio torture chamber display. We peeked in and Sophie decided she didn’t like the looks of it. He may have been missing limbs in some displays, chained to something in another…really I am beginning to think that Pinocchio has some deep dark side that we were not aware of.

On to the lighter side of the park

This was the highlight for us. I have video to post later.

Some other park randoms

I was going to take a pic of the girls sharing their little chips when Sophie went to grab one from the bag…Sabs screams NO (that is Sabs no face below)

Sophie grabbed it anyway, as she should have b/c they were for both of them. Then she stared up and pretended to whistle acting as if she didnt get one