See what I mean? This one’s in the centre of town. But they’re everywhere. Boy do they stand out. Curious, about all the, uh, cock-fuss was, I did a bit of research and learned that there was a medieval era disagreement between Siena and Florence as to who owned the Chianti area- it’s gorgeous and both cities wanted to claim its land. They agreed that each city would choose a knight to ride towards each other and wherever the knights met would be the border between the cities, but on the selected day, the knights couldn’t start their ride until a cock in their city crowed at daybreak. Siena fed its cock well and it slept in, but Florence didn’t feed its cock at all so it woke early, and starving... meaning the Florentine knight got started much earlier and rode much further. So... that’s why Chianti is part of Florence. Anyone else think HGTV should steal this idea and create a show with cocks that settle property disputes? Just throwing that out there.
And yes, I realize I could have used the word rooster here, but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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