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Last Two Days
Yesterday and today has been wet, windy, and cold -- thunder and lightening yesterday -- so not much walking about or touristing. It is currently 3 Farenheit (48 degrees) ... Brrr. We did go to Le Celle Franciscan Hermitage yesterday (see pictures). It's a very old, but still active, monastery. The setting is absolutely beautiful and peaceful. Then on to Cortona where the town was empty and most of the shops were closed. We walked ...
Thanksgiving Dinner
Buon apetito! After two days of prepping, last night we sat down to a delizioso cena! Turkey prepared in a brine, smashed potatoes (pressed through a ricer), green beans with pancetta and leeks, yams (sans marshmallows), cranberries, and biscuits -- which really confused the Italians. When they hear biscuits, they think biscotti. So we called ...
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) ...
Andrea Bocelli
... inside and start to climb the slippery marble stairs there are times when you feel off-balance. It's amazing to walk around outside it once you've reached the top, but it's so strange to feel like you're walking uphill on one side and downhill on the other. Hope the engineers were right when they said it should last another 200 years.
We have our first (and hopefully last) bad meal in Italy. Howard ...
Ahh Tuscany...
... having separate bedrooms, not to mention separate beds, and some room to spread out. The 'secret garden' opposite our villa, complete with several day beds, has been a lovely place to relax and enjoy the Tuscan sunshine. And our host Marco, has been charming and helpful.
On Monday, our first full day in Arezzo, we went on a tour, through 'Tuscany in Tour'. This was my birthday present organised by my family. We had a wonderful day. After a hearty ...
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