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An afternoon of olives
... But not for long. Olive picking was underway whe I arrived. With my gloves at the ready, I took a poco Mano (little hand) -- it's a hand held rake -- and started raking the olives off the branches. Just had to be careful not to knock the guy off the ladder or out of the tree. The ground below the tree is covered with a net. The olives fall onto the net. When all the olives are off the tree, you slowly pick up ...
Io Arrivo!
... could hardly keep my eyes open by then. But easily stayed awake for a delicious home cooked meal with my Ilatian friends before heading off to my lovely B&B where I have the run of the place until the weekend. It's a quiet time of year. The innkeeper speaks little English (but better than she thinks) and I, having failed miserably (filare malamente) ...
Wedding Day
We drove to the villa a few days ago and have been settling in here getting ready for the wedding and meeting the other guests coming for the wedding. Ryan and Bick (my nephew and his new wife), have friends from all over. Ryan and Bick work in England and Bick's parents are from Malaysia, so was a very multicultural affair.
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Tuscany!
... took me to the city and to the hotel where I was met by the owner of the hotel who said he would not have room in his hotel but will put me in the new hotel he had just bought. So he put my bags in a taxi and we went to this beaut place, with an elevator, and then I crashed...
The next day I caught the train to Florence and met uop with my sisters, Dymph (Dymphina) ...
Sapphire blue Amalfi Coast
... places and we really didn’t want to get stuck parking here for very long. Ravello was meant to have some really good views, so that was what we were searching for. Eventually we got stuck at a dead end and Ashley let me out and I went for a wee wander. I only had about 15 minutes or so looking around, but the first thing I noticed was all the cute wee courtyard gardens. I stumbled across a cute wee garden overlooking the water which was really nice, and ...
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