L'angolo di Pienza

Hello everyone,<br>We had such fun today!! The square had it's first ever market day or flea market. It was filled with cheeses which by the way Percino was our favorite and the fresh sliced procuitto was unbelievable. We just walked around all day. The first part of the day we did two loads of wash and dry which cost $18 us dollars. Then we had wine free and paid and had a great time. We then came back to ...

Today was a wonderful day even though I know I called you Petey and I was crying again, but really it was a very relaxing easy day. We found the laundry mat for tomorrow and went to a place called St. Catherine which is where the first woman to be named a saint was in 1317. We were not suppose to take pics, but the guy in the gift shop was sleeping so I took video which you will see. When we went in the gift shop I had a camera around my neck and started ...

I hope this works, it has been hard to attach some of the video because it times out. FYI to all my not so computer literate friends and family. When you first open the video, it will start and then stop in the middle to keep reloading and then start and stop again. This can get frustrating but is necessary until it is completely ...

... like we knew what we were looking at and of course I was talking when a young girl named Meghan came up to us and helped. Yes, a Meghan wow it was great. We talked to her and she was here on her own from Washington going to med school for free because she was volunteering at the hospital. She stays with an Italian family and she said it is O.K. We followed her and then she went one way and we ...

Well, our last day in Arezzo.<br>My haircut turned out OK I think.<br>Turns out that the head (excuse the pun) hairdresser had lived in Australia for a few years, and although she couldn't remember much english, I emerged unscathed sans mohawk!<br> <br>We spent the last day wandering the streets of Arezzo in the raiin and discovered new nooks and crannies, it's that sort of town ...

On a drizzly morning we set off in the Panda and in an hour and or so got spat off the Autostrada at 130kmh!<br>Only about 80km further than we needed to go, so we followed a few back roads to arrive at the hillside town of Cortona.<br>After parking below the town's walls we were greeted by a posse of cats.<br>Guess what? Jane has bought another bag. Apparently two was clearly not enough, so now she has to carry the extra one.<br>The sun finally came out and we found ...

... wasn&#8217;t having it!<br><br>My favorite part of our day in Siena was our visit to the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Siena&#8217;s Duomo. It&#8217;s the most beautiful church I&#8217;ve ever been in &#8211; it is so ornately decorated that I don&#8217;t think an inch was left untouched. It was built as a direct challenge to Florence&#8217;s Duomo, and Duccio (a famous proto-Renaissance artist) created some of his ...

... the taste test but I think we're better prepared to buy good quality oil when we get back to the states. The tasting was a ton of fun. That same night was a special dinner prepared by a local woman who cooks a mean wild boar (that her husband hunted). We were stuffed to the gills with antipasti, zuppa, wild boar (not me, just C) with creamed spinach, and cookies. Of course, this was complemented with lots of wine.Everyone at Cretaiole was there so we all ...

Wednesday May 9, 2007 We slept in until around 830. After packing our last few items we strolled to the outdoor market a few feet from the apartment. It is only there in the mornings and we were leaving so early and getting back so late we never had the chance to see it. It was beautiful. There were about 2 flower stands and maybe 12-15 vendors selling fruit, food, and souvenirs. It's was amazing how permanent every stand looked. All of them are ...

... down on my foot the wrong way, heard a sickening pop and I tumbled to the ground. It hurt badly but not enough to keep me down...yet. We walked another 100 meters or so and found a ristorante who not only spoke English but served cheeseburgers. We meandered in there and found a Christian youth choir (from the Boston area) also eating in there. The rest of the night my foot throbbed, so I got up at 6 am and made my way to ...