Country House Podere Pescia Castiglione Del Lago

December 7, 2009



Didn't know what to expect of Perugia, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. It actually have a very medieval feel to it. It sits atop a mountain and I can see why it was originally located here as one gets a very beautiful view of the valley below….and any wandering mauraders! Italy is on a 4 day holiday since the Feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on Tuesday. The ...

arrive hier en fin de journee a orvietto. pour atteindre la ville de orvieto, a partir de la gare, on doit prendre un funiculaire qui nous amene a l'entre de la ville. apres avoir fais un petit tour de la ville pour s'orienter un peu, nous avons rencontrer un couple d'irlandais a notre auberge et on a passe une tres belle soiree en leur compagnie a deguster le vin local au restaurant de l'auberge

Comme plusieurs ...

... paysage est tres beau, comme dans toute la toscane!!

dans les attraction principale , il y avais le duomo, quelque eglies plus modestes, mais chacune avais un petit quelque chose a voir. puis il y a les ruines d'une anciene arena romaine.

We ended up in Orvieto sa we saw a friends photos of the catherdral and thought it was a must see. The cathedral was like a mini Florence Duomo, but 100% cleaner as the one in Florence is nearly black on the outside with pollution. The front facade on the cathedral is covered in beautiful gold leaf frescos that were glittering in the afternoon sunshine. Had a wander through the old town which was full of life as ...

Down the road from Montalcino we popped into St Antimo Abbey where the local monks say their (7!!) daily prayers in Georgian chants. We caught part of the 12.45pm prayers and enjoyed some down time while listening the chanting. The afternoon was glorious and once again we were in tshirts, so we made the most of it and had a picnic in the sun beside the Abbey.

... harvest, so were tried a tipple from a "young" 2004 bottle, which was a 5 star harvest year. For such a world famous wine I was not overly impressed. They say the flavor develops with age so maybe I should have splashed out and bought a bottle of 1997...but the price tag was above our daily budget...oh well can't try everything.

From Chianti went south to the Le Crete region. The drive provided us with more quintessential Tuscan scenery. We stayed overnight in Asciano as we could not make it to Montalcino before dark. We had vowed not to drive in the dark as the small windy roads and excessively erratic Italian drivers are not good for our nerves!

... t sound too difficult, but it is because you have to decide if him is a direct or indirect pronoun, then figure out what him is (they are different), then figure out if them (the objects) are male or female. It is very convoluted and a backward way of thinking to me. Anyway, since we were going to Bologna on Friday, to visit Lorenzo the foreign exchange student of Marianne's, we thought we ...

... and the Pope behind, I went to meet up with Lauren, my friend from GU. We came back to my apartment, went downstairs for dinner, and talked forever. We met up with some of my friends for a drink, and were in bed, ready for a big day the next day. We got up on Sunday, and did everything you need to do in Rome in one day. It was an incredibly long day, but we did it! We started by going to St. Peter's, and listened to the Pope doing his weekly public address. It was a very hold ...

... descent. I said yes, but I cannot speak it. Anyways he seemed pleased that we were America but I was of Italian descent. We gotta get up early tomorrow morning to head to Venice so we plan on relaxing tonight in our room and drinking the free bottle of wine Andre gave us to sleep for the morning train to Venice. Off to drink wine and go to bed. We'll see you all soon, until then take care. Ciao -Rob, Mike and Eric