Villa Milani Residenza D'Epoca Spoleto

arrive hier en fin de journee a orvietto. pour atteindre la ville de orvieto, a partir de la gare, on doit prendre un funiculaire qui nous amene a l'entre de la ville. apres avoir fais un petit tour de la ville pour s'orienter un peu, nous avons rencontrer un couple d'irlandais a notre auberge et on a passe une tres belle soiree en leur compagnie a deguster le vin local au restaurant de l'auberge

Comme plusieurs ...

... was out for their evening passeo - walk. The gelateria's and cafes were overflowing with people. I spied a deli with a spit raosted pig lying on display in the window and got the best pork sandwich ever!!! Too late to go on we decided to park up. We had accidentially drained our leisure battery so Kim had to cook by torch but the torch battery was running out..so no other choice, we headed for a bar! Life's tough.

Back to the land of pay toilets. Don.t know why that bothers me so much but it does. It just doesn.t seem right. Anyway, we are now in Assisi. We got off the boat and it was raining, and then we had to take a detour to Assisi. the road was very narrow and hilly, It was a little tense for awhile. Saw St Francis ...

... up early and set off to visit one more of the town's incredible churches, and then before we knew it, we were journeying back on the long road back to the train station. Along the walk we reflected on our time there and how much we enjoyed it, and I hardly believed that we were only there for one full day!

And then for another amazing, but almost opposite city, we hopped on the train for Italy's biggest and most famous city, Rome.


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Warren (and Emy)

... the religious paraphernalia being placed right next to fake guns, swords and whips. Very bizarre!

We commenced our walking tour which I did find interesting in the end, we learned about St Clair and St Francis and saw their crypts and where they spent time while they were alive. The story is actually quite interesting and I did learn a bit of history there so it was good. The town itself is quite pretty too as they had ...

... ceramic store and found a little dish with the iconic olive design and a little egg cup to remind me of the first leg of our romantic journey. Then nap time.

Dinner at home tonight with last night’s leftovers and a sauté of fresh eggplant, tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. We ate outside and enjoyed the caress of the evening breeze. Tomorrow off to Orbetello with our friend Alessandro behind the wheel.

... restaurant to have dinner late, by our standard and arrive a half an hour too early. We had an antipasto as Mike suggested but didn't stop there, we ordered pasta. I had the potato gnocchi with truffles and mascarpone. Marty had the pasta with spicy red sauce. Stuffed with doggy bags in hand, we staggered back down the hill in the cool night air.

... next to Civita. And I had to get to the other side of Bagnoregio, where a pedestrian bridge led to Civita. It was either a mile walk or a 1 Euro bus ride, but there were no buses for another two hours. So I walked it. But it was a nice walk. The town was very pretty, and it was all level or downhill.

When I got to the end of town, there was an amazing viewpoint that overlooked Civita and the surrounding land. It’s hard to describe, just look at the picture to see how ...

... and wine. We savor food and conversation for hours. Jet lag finally brings overwhelms me and Jill took us home. After we left, their friends exploded with questions about who were we and where we live, which made for more lively conversation. It inspired the poet, who hadn’t written all summer to write about what was discussed.

The next morning as Mike showed me their lovely Umbrian villa, we discover Jill doing ...

... surrounds is made of dirt and still has remains of Roman columns around it. I walked the one road towards the back of the town and met the two oldest women I have ever seen. They spoke no English, but they both wanted me to try their bruschetta that they had just made and they wanted to show me the old olive press that was in the middle of their living room. It was truly a sight to see. At ...