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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... it is where the Pope visits to place flowers at the statue of the BVM in front of the Spanish Embassy. I’ll make my way in that direction later this afternoon as I would like to make it to evening prayers at the Les Fraternites Monestiques de Jerusalem. I’ll recount that visit on my next blog. Paul will join me tomorrow and we’ll spend the evening in Rome before heading to London on Monday afternoon.
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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) ...
The Land of Chocolate
Perugia. A cute and quaint town. However, I did not travel there to simply see old Italian buildings- I went there for the Chocolate Festival!
Who could say no to free samples of some of the best chocolate you'll taste. The "Perugina" brand was probably my favorite ...
To Montalcino via Pienza
The next day we awoke to a beautiful sunrise, a-gain and went down to breakfast, a-gain. of course I had my usual two cups of coffee, a-gain. That stuff is very strong here and hurtled me into the right frame of mind for driving the tiny, racetrack-like roads between Montepulciano and Montalcino. Passing through Pienza on the way we decided to stop because we had been told at dinner the night before that there would be fabulous meat and cheese stores to check out, so we ...
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