Hotel Villa Luca
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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... I feel hard pressed to see goodness in us at all. We hate, we break; we oppress and repress. The pantheon holds my face gently and lifts it up to see beyond our baseness; it extends a gentle arm around me and embraces me with goodness and beauty and truth. Hmmm. All that from a structure built of cold stone . . . wow.
The weather has been what the weather will tend to be in December in Italy. As Paul would say, I’ve just “allowed” ...
An afternoon of olives
... But not for long. Olive picking was underway whe I arrived. With my gloves at the ready, I took a poco Mano (little hand) -- it's a hand held rake -- and started raking the olives off the branches. Just had to be careful not to knock the guy off the ladder or out of the tree. The ground below the tree is covered with a net. The olives fall onto the net. When all the olives are off the tree, you slowly pick up ...
Io Arrivo!
... could hardly keep my eyes open by then. But easily stayed awake for a delicious home cooked meal with my Ilatian friends before heading off to my lovely B&B where I have the run of the place until the weekend. It's a quiet time of year. The innkeeper speaks little English (but better than she thinks) and I, having failed miserably (filare malamente) ...
Tuscany!
... br> Mick has hired a car for us to travel to a few different places and we find ourselves in San Gimigniano, and some other fantastic Tuscan places.
Siena is a cool place and there is so much history here. Just walking throughn the streets is amazing and I'm getting used to the Italian way of life to some extent. The food is the first thing I notice, it is so good!!! ...
Day Six - Orvieto
... the funicular station, which dropped us off in the square next to the Duomo. This catherdral is huge and very ornate, but beautifully so. The inside was just as impressive, with alternate rows of white alabaster and dark travertine. There were various sculptures, and lots of beautiful frescos, so we spent quite a while just walking round and taking it all in. This really is an amazing building, in a city not so well ...
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- Free parking
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