Hotel Le Rocce Magione

December 7, 2009



Didn't know what to expect of Perugia, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. It actually have a very medieval feel to it. It sits atop a mountain and I can see why it was originally located here as one gets a very beautiful view of the valley below….and any wandering mauraders! Italy is on a 4 day holiday since the Feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on Tuesday. The ...

... we chose to visit Assisi as an end to our Italian vacation.

By the time we arrived in Assisi, it was already dark – but as our taxi drove up one switchback after another, taking us further and further up the small mountainside – even in the dark we could see what an incredible view lie behind us! The cab dropped us off at our Hotel Alexander, where we have a big, modern (just renovated) room – and incredible views from two different directions ...

Arezzo, la ville qui a suposement inspirer michelange !! 500 ans plus tard, on se deman de bien ce qui a pu l'inspirer! Puis c'est roberto bellini qui a fait son fillm "la vita est bella" dans les cantons a l'extrerieur des murs de la ville. C'est vrai que ...

Back to the land of pay toilets. Don.t know why that bothers me so much but it does. It just doesn.t seem right. Anyway, we are now in Assisi. We got off the boat and it was raining, and then we had to take a detour to Assisi. the road was very narrow and hilly, It was a little tense for awhile. Saw St Francis ...

... there are more locals than tourists and every one likes to get out and about and socialise.
Jane manged to root out an 80 year old gold watch which belonged to the shopkeeper's uncle.


We wandered in to a terrific display of old radio and movie equipment dating back to Marconi. John & Pat will appreciate the photos.

For our last night we went to ...

... dellightful cafe for lunch: Margaharita Pizza, with a thin crispy base, belissimo! This cafe is well known as a meeting place for Hollywood stars.

Cortona has very narrow and steep streets, purrfect for pets.
Finally we arrived back at Arezzo and after booking a haircut for myself tomorrow (the hairdresser doesn't speak English so that will be exciting) I am sitting at the La Dolce Vita cafe writing this entry while Jane is off looking at the shops (gulp)

... make that TWO, hand made bags. Not sure how she is going to carry both but I''m sure she will work it out.Walking past the Duomo, we then ventured onto the Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge over the Arno river. The shops on the bridge were almost entirely gold and jewellry shops, not many punters inside them thoughTomorrow we will attempt a day trip in the Panda, wish us luck

... pizzeria where I had delicious lasagna. After lunch we browsed through the many stands. Sample after sample led to some major purchases. It was hard to pass up the various chocolate products when the smell just filled the air. There was everything from chocolate beer to chocolate “pills” to chocolate pasta!!

Heaven.

I’ll update you soon,

Siara

... Donatello, and Raphael. Man, those turtles fight crime, eat pizza, and carve marble statues. I know, we were impressed too. What else did we see....We saw the Pont Vecchio, which is a bridge filled with stores filled at one time with meat, but now only filled with gold. We saw a Palace and some beautiful gardens called the Boboli. Florence was much less expensive than Venice so we felt a little better while there as well. We ended up staying in a ...

We arrived at our beautiful camping resort in the Tuscan Hills where we layed by the pool for the entire afternoon. We had dinner in the restraunt and enjoyed our cabin upgrade. The next day we ventured into Florence, oops! the Ponte Vecchio was here not Venice... we saw ...