Casa Volpi Arezzo

... room in the afternoon and played cards on the terrace and drank the last of our beer. People were gathering under our terrace to take pictures and we had the terrace all to ourselves. This place has been so friendly and wonderful. Coletta and her sister E'letta have been such help. I think I spelled the names wrong and will check when I get home. We went back to the square to have another gigantic slice of ...

... the knee. Very, very chic and way out of Missouri league. Anyway, we will be here tomorrow and since we took pictures of almost anything worth seeing we will send what we have today and probably not have much tomorrrow. Oh, but tomorrow in Palio Campo square it is market day, aka flea market. All the tables were set up today so that will be interesting and we will be doing some wash. Talk to you all tomorrow and signing out for now......<br>Love Mick and Lisa

... Once it is finished and the black screen appears again do not close out as now you can hit the white arrow and watch it without interruption because it is fully downloaded. So hit the arrow the first time and walk away then come back and when it is the black screen again hit the arrow and you won't have any interruptions.<br>Chow

... if we were on the right bus for Via Del Tozzi, they said, "no, no". Now what? So I went back up to the driver and he told me "momento". I waited and a few minutes later we came to a stop and he told us to wait for #5. Then he parked the bus right there and walked off. We thought he said 50 minutes. Whew, we did not know what to do. We were looking at the schedule on the wall in Italian ...

... Osteria Gucini Restuarant: Grilled Veal with Shaved Truffle and Hand Rolled Spaghetti with Smoked Ham, Tomatoes and Cream, followed by Pana Cotta. Our first experience with truffles, more smell than taste!<br>Next morning a 7.00 am departure from the apartment took us on to the Autostrada, this time, north to Firenze Airport.<br>After a bit of a delay we were on our way to Spain!

Today we hopped on the train to Florence, for those unfamiliar with the Italian rail system, make sure you validate your ticket by having it stamped in an obscure yellow machine on the platform before you board.Fortunately we had read about this, otherwise the guard can get a bit nasty. In an hour or so we were in the middle of Firenze, the first stop (after 1/2 hour queue) was the ...

... Sinalunga-Arezzo. E' una strada fantastica, tutta nel verde, in piano e con pochissime macchine. Passo Rigomagno, Rigomagno Scalo e arrivo a Lucignano, dove mi aspetta uno strappo da paura, poco prima del paese. Lo strappo è breve, ma sufficiente a consigliarmi una sosta, a metà. Dopo pranzo, breve visita al borgo, che è gradevole, poi riparto verso Monte S.Savino dove trovo un un arzillo vecchietto di 88 anni che si ...

... in who knows how long ago. Th**e is a light switch, but its on a tim** and you only have 2 minutes to get up the stairs...which is plenty of time, but if you stop and talk or something on the second floor, the lights will cut off and its pitch dark. You couldn't even see your hand in front of your face. When you get up to the 4th floor, the door is like one to a bank vault. I'm not kidding...you should see the lock on the front door. When you lock it, th**e are 5 steal ...

... soon, and she wants to take us to a restaurant with even better food....!!!! We can't wait; we had such an awesome time hanging out with her and are definitely hoping to go back to Anghiari. Well, we're off to see Eros...Next weekend, the Vidiris will be coming and we can't wait to show them around Florence. We're also going to take trips to Rome, Naples, Sorrento, and Capri...it'll be awesome! Love and miss you all!! Nicole and Matthew

19. Florence - the heart and soul of the Renaissance Day 17. September 24th. Saturday. This is our first and last full day in Florence... Our B&B doesn't serve breakfast, so after a restful night, we walk down to a roadside café for a quick bite and a cappuccino (heavenly) for me. We make our way to the historic center, and walk by the Duomo ...