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Last Two Days
... pretty well soaked, and finally gave up. It was late afternoon before we found a place to eat a light lunch of pasta, bread with oil, and house wine. The tomato sauce in the pasta was excellent; the house wine not so good. In the evening we went to Rosetta's and Giovanni's to say goodbye -- which cannot be done without having wine. Then had a home cooked meal. This morning, Thursday, I had my last piece of chocolate torte ...
Thanksgiving Dinner
... for little bread. Of course, the Prosecco and vino rosa were flowing freely, followed by a lovely Vinsanto and Grappa. (I behaved myself, but did sleep soundly.) There were 7 guests plus the 3 of us. Conversation was non-stop and lively. Mostly Italian with a little English thrown in. I understood some of the words, so was able to get a few of ...
Try, try again
... the usual time foe the natives, so by the time we got home and played a couple of hands of cards it was past midnight. Latizia had been checking for Bobbie about mailing some things home for her. Her suitcase has reached overload! The final consensus is that she just needs to leave some things here.....a little gift to Italy. The rest of us are dumping any creams, tubes, hair spray, shampoo, etc that are almost gone.....anything ...
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!!! ...
The Art and Arezzo
... the art of Commedia dell’Arte. It is a type of theatre from the Renaissance, literally means “Comedy of the Artists.” So it is, indeed, comedy, a comedy full of stock characters that create a political and social satire. It was originally performed on the streets of Italy and gave influence to the marvels of Chaplin, Keaton, the Marx Brothers (Harpo, particularly) and the genre - slapstick. Every time somebody gets hit on the butt with a giant wooden stick (it ...
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