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Finished with school!
Finally finished my summer Italian program which means I completed my last three credits needed to graduate college!
Was able to catch the sunrise when I walked the group to the bus this morning to say my last goodbyes. It was a bittersweet moment as we had spent the last three weeks together, on excursions, during breakfasts and most …
Who Wants to Cook on Vacation anyway?
Saturday, 6/11/11
Overslept!! Only 20 minutes until Chef Lorenzo is scheduled to pick us up. Doubt that any of us has ever gotten ready that quickly. Actually a bit of time left to hit the breakfast room for a roll and a drink. Sat in the lobby waiting for Lorenzo for about ½ hour then asked the concierge to contact him at the …
Civita - the City That's Falling Off the Cliff
Friday, 6/10/11
GianLuca arrived at the hotel at 8:30, gathered our bags into his van, and we took our leave of Rome. Toured through the countryside outside of Rome into Umbria – grape vines, olive trees, sheep, and wheat predominate. Arrived at Civita, an ancient city built on volcanic rock that is crumbling, causing the …
Car hire for 3 days over
... valley, locals walking around at night pre dinner chatting in the streets. Places dn,t open for dinner till 730 so we have had many late nights lately. Starts to get dark at 4.30 so hate to see what it's like in winter. We explored volterra more n the morning then drove to San gimignano, we just called it jimminey cricket, another hill town with 14 towers left standing out of 72. The views from the top of a old tower area was great, nick was ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... the Orvieto train station, you have to take the funicular to get into the city, which is a pretty awesome cable car that takes you straight up the steep slope and under the city walls and drops you off in the historic part of the city. Orvieto's first funicular was built in 1888 and used until 1970 when they began constructing this modern one, which opened in 1990.
Orvieto is dominated by its cathedral, the Duomo di Orvieto, begun in ...
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