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An afternoon of olives
... the net to gather the olives all in one spot, Dump the olives into a bucket, then into a burlap bag, and heave the bag over your shoulder and carry it up the hill. Nothing to it! We breaked for lunch. I ate the biggest plate of pasta in my life! Spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce, made with homegrown tomatoes. Delizioso! Also fresh formaggio (pecorino) and red wine. Then back to work until 4pm or so. It's fun so ...
Io Arrivo!
... speak little of Italian. So it leads to short sentence conversations that are lots of fun and definitely sincere on both our parts. Actually I do remembr some of the words I learned, and being "forced" to speak it is the best way for me to learn. That's it for now. Off to walk up the hill to Lisa & Helena's to harvest olives! Having grande tempo! Ciao! ...
Siena
The day was rainy and quite cold but definitely didn't ruin my plans. Today I spent the day in Siena, another semi walled commune. This is a place that you could just wander up and down its streets for hours, which I did. I think I took in a good mix of old and new here. As lunch hour was approaching I aimlessly wandered looking for a place to have a bite and stumbled upon a university with super cheap ...
Another cathedral
... into.another cathedral, crypt unfinished church, museum and walk up tower all this for 13euro, never thought would spend so much time in church. Then off to city hall into another museum up the bell tower 400 steps. Was a great day, full of amazing sights, loved ...
The Italian Version of San Francisco
Want to get an intense leg workout and don't live in San Francisco- come to Siena! Proper walking shoes are a must to travel around this city.
The city is lovely- as is just about every Italian city- and plays host to the famous horse racing that occurs once a year (Palio di Siena). I of course arrived a week or 2 too late in order to witness the madness.
I was privy to a guide that was essentially impossible to understand ...
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