Le Capanne Arezzo

... I have to walk across town to get to class now. One good thing that came out of this, however, is that because we were so close to her apartment she decided to invite the entire class over for a tea party after class today. Not sure why or how she came up with this idea, but I thought it was really cute.

This was the first genuine Italian apartment inhabited by genuine Italians that I ...

... caught the bus back to Florence – and on the way, viewed more gorgeous countryside and witnessed an incredible sunset over those rolling Tuscan fields. (After the sun went down and the “show” was over, I fell asleep for the rest of the ride. Hah.) Since we had such a big lunch, neither of us felt like going out for dinner, so we rested in our hotel room tonight, read, and booked our hotel room for Venice starting tomorrow. Onward we go!

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 ...

... un prix pour s'assoir a une table! ici c'etait 2 euro par personne! mais sa en valais la peine, les bruchettas., les gnocchis et l'osso buco etaient tous delicieux.

ensuite, la piazza del campo ou il y a un gros chateau avec une tour tres haute, pui une visite a la piazza du duomo pour y voir la seul eglise completement baroque ...

... pour nous, au village , il y a une cantine!! un endroit ou l'on peu deguster du vin toute l'annee. Dans une ambiance de cave a vin, il y a des machines distributrices d'echantillion de vin. Entre 0.60 et 6.00 euro l'echantillion! De cette facon, nous avons pus gouter a une vingtaines de bouteilles de la region.
Il y avait meme une degustation d'huile d'olive et emilie n'a pu s'empecher d'en achter une petite bouteille!

Sorry for not including this text, a small internet cafe issue! Today we picked up our hire car, the mighty Fiat Panda, and with some trepidation set off on the wrong side of the road into peak hour Arezzo traffic!

After the adrenalin subsided a little we found ourselves, well we still don't know where we ended up, let's just call ...

First Train, First Challenge Traveling on our own during our first trip to Italy was madness in motion. We laughed and kept moving. After our first night in Roma, we called a cab rather than rolling our bags down the cobblestone streets to il posteggio dei taxi. The ride to Termini was quick, but when we saw the rivers of people flowing through Rome's central train station, we were worried. Termini has ...

... my computer and I missing building and fixing stuff...weird I know. I love that challenge to take anything, figure out how it works, then find the problem and solve it. It's so rewarding to me when I fix it. I don't know why I love gadgets, but they are so awesome. I guess like a women and her shoes, they just put a little pep in my step. When Ian and Markus moved into their apartment, there was a stereo, but no way to plug in his ipod. There was a TV, but no DVD ...

... San Domenico. Sometimes you have to make these sort of decisions when you are travelling on a budget. Hmmm, frescoes, or more Italian food. As there was still a couple of hours light left in the day, I jumped back on the train and headed to nearby Camucia, followed by a short bus ride up into the hills, where the town of Cortona lies perched on top of the Tuscan hills. Benigni also had a go here for his ...

... of the building. History of Science Museum The museum has a collection of scientific instruments including Galilean instruments like telescopes and lenses, and it's all very interesting. The staff is friendly and accommodating, and we enjoy the time we spend inside. Then, its time to cross over the Arno to the other side. We go past the Pitti ...