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Car hire for 3 days over
Left siena with noddy, our car hire for 3days, fiat panda, just fitting in our bags. Headed off to chianti sculpture park, approx 30large pieces placed in woodland of visual delight. Pieces by artists from all countries and other pieces in owners premises which was an old pottery furnace. This building was incredible and the views, wow. Then to volterra, hill town of course, what else in tuscany. Stayed the night just outside wall area ...
A Picture Perfect Town
Before I can talk about Orvieto, I have to talk a little about chocolate! The Eurochocolate festival started on Friday the 19th and is going through the 28th. It's the largest chocolate festival in Europe and a million people come into Perugia for it (I can't imagine where Perugia puts so many people). I walked around through all the tents and bought my chocolate Friday morning as it was just beginning and I am glad I did. The next couple ...
This 1 time when we drove the Italian countryside
... br> Although, you can walk the entire town in about 20 minutes and tour buses are arriving and departing constantly, it was a nice way to stretch our legs and see some important historical sites. St. Francis is an important part of the Roman church and it was memorable and spiritual to be in the Basilica honoring him.
Back in the van and a few more hours and we'll be in Florence!
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New Friends and a Great Meal
... pay the difference in the dishes. The waitress says no, but than goes to ask Angelo and comes back and says alright. We also order a second pasta dish, umbrichelli ( the local fresh pasta) with truffles. We order a bottle of white wine but the waitress says the 4 course meal comes with a glass of red wine. We still want the white for Carol, expecting just a small glass of red. The meal starts off with complimentary crostini with olive oil and two slices of local salami. At first ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... and an old medieval kiln with tools. Who knows what else lies beneath some of the homes and streets above. Carol is not feeling great but wants to continue to see the Etruscan Necropolis. It is not easy to find and we end up walking along the path on the outside of the city walls. We find it lying beneath us but the entrance is quite a ways downhill on a road. Carol is not up to it so we walk a little further on the path and cut back up into town. ...