Hotel il Roscio
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Car hire for 3 days over
Left siena with noddy, our car hire for 3days, fiat panda, just fitting in our bags. Headed off to chianti sculpture park, approx 30large pieces placed in woodland of visual delight. Pieces by artists from all countries and other pieces in owners premises which was an old pottery furnace. This building was incredible and the views, wow. Then to volterra, hill town of course, what else in tuscany. Stayed the night just outside wall area ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... countryside. I also descended the steps to the bottom of St. Patrick's Well, completed in 1537 and 53 meters deep. Needless to say, I climbed a lot of stairs in Orvieto! It is indeed a beautiful and charming city and I fell in love with it instantly, but it is also a fairy tale. That's not necessary a bad thing, though. Even though the facade of the cathedral is covering the bland interior, the facade itself is still something to appreciate.
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New Friends and a Great Meal
... travels and family learning a bit about each other. We sit and chat for almost two hours before we head out to see the small town. We visit the town square and church which is onthe spot of former Etruscan and roman temples. There is an alter here to a former Bishop, St. Marlonbrando which I only maintain because of the name. There is also a small fresco of the Madonna of the earthquake because in 1695 an earthquake shook off the whitewash on the wall and revealed this ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... and an old medieval kiln with tools. Who knows what else lies beneath some of the homes and streets above. Carol is not feeling great but wants to continue to see the Etruscan Necropolis. It is not easy to find and we end up walking along the path on the outside of the city walls. We find it lying beneath us but the entrance is quite a ways downhill on a road. Carol is not up to it so we walk a little further on the path and cut back up into town. ...
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow...
... The summer breeze rustles nearby leaves, and I remember my first impression of the town when I arrived at siesta time. Piazza San Francesco was empty, my mouth was dry and the town hall was brilliantly, blindingly white. It's amazing how you adapt, and even embrace the rhthym of life. Would I return? Yes. Would I encourage other people to come? Absolutely...and say hi to Carlo, Daniele and Signor Trocchi at the minimart for me from the girl from Vancouver. ...
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