Fior Di Gigli Abruzzo
Base Funivia del Gran Sasso, Loc. Fonte Cerreto Abruzzo, 67010, Italy
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Anthony;s Day
... small pieces of beef lightly cooked. Lastly there was a creme caramel custard, only mine had peppermint sauce and Anthony's had caramel sauce. We followed that with coffee and hot chocolate. My hot chocolate was exactly that. It was like liquid milk chocolate. It will be a hard meal to top, but we will try.
We spent the day wandering around the Il Castello Piccolomini e di Celano, which is exactly what it sounds like. It is ...
The house
... I found out that during my walk of contemplation during that rugged Wednesday that I thought we weren't going to get financing that the spot where I stopped to grab some lunch from the wagon was no more than three blocks from where a new Ikea Mega Store is about to open! We have been contemplating what a little paint, tile, and spiffing will do to the place. It is going to be nothing short of breath taking!
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Formula 1 in Tuscany
... see amazing views of the surrounding countryside. It was certainly worth the price – breathtaking! We were looking down on the flying birds below. Since Montepulciano is atop a tall hill, you can imagine the view from its highest point!
When were were done that, we strolled the streets (it was mostly siesta time with many shops closed) and headed back to our car, as our time ticket was about to expire. We drove away and headed back, map once again ...
Rough start, pleasant ending
... us well for the rest of our vacation. He is a great guy! Fab thing number 1.
We donned our heavy backpacks and made our way to the local bus stop, where we hopped on the bus to take us to the train station – a short walk to the car rental place. Trouble number 2: took the wrong @#!%!@!!! bus and overshot by about 2 km. Crappola. So we got off, cussed up some blue air, and decided it would be best if we walked to the car rental place so we wouldn’t ...
Old narrow streets not made for cars
After checking out of Gusmay, we drove on the autostrade north to Pescara. The country side was the typical olive trees and vineyard landscape. Beautiful and John loved going fast (150kph) with drivers that know how to drive. Then, thanks to Laurie, we made it to Loreto Aprutino, but couldn't find the hotel and ended up driving down a narrow road in this tiny ...


