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Car hire for 3 days over
Left siena with noddy, our car hire for 3days, fiat panda, just fitting in our bags. Headed off to chianti sculpture park, approx 30large pieces placed in woodland of visual delight. Pieces by artists from all countries and other pieces in owners premises which was an old pottery furnace. This building was incredible and the views, wow. Then to volterra, hill town of course, what else in tuscany. Stayed the night just outside wall area ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... countryside. I also descended the steps to the bottom of St. Patrick's Well, completed in 1537 and 53 meters deep. Needless to say, I climbed a lot of stairs in Orvieto! It is indeed a beautiful and charming city and I fell in love with it instantly, but it is also a fairy tale. That's not necessary a bad thing, though. Even though the facade of the cathedral is covering the bland interior, the facade itself is still something to appreciate.
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New Friends and a Great Meal
... point was connected to Bagnoregio but the cliffs are eroding and the path between the two went with it. The old donkey path and bridge was bombed in WWII and the new footbridge was built in 1966. The weather is a mix of clouds, sun, and fog makes for a wonderful medieval view. It kind of enhances the beauty of this dying town. We walk further until we come to the base of the bridge and start to walk across. The way the town sits makes for an amazing view as we get closer to ...
Carols 50th is not as Planned
... out, say good bye to Daniele, and go wait for the bus. It arrives which makes us happy and while we are riding down, there is a sign hanging in the bus, saying the strike today from 0600-0900, and 1200-1500, so we feel lucky at 1020 to have a bus as the strike info on line said it was all day. Zerilli Buona Fortuna (good luck) is holding out or they did not want Carol to walk on her birthday. We catch the train to Orvieto, well actually to Terontola/Cortona where we ...
Orvieto
... change to a 10 day holiday, you can really immerse yourself in your surroundings, the people, the culture and the sights just that little but more. Thank god we have time, as travelling with kids means going much slower at times - not to mention the midday siestas. Seems that we are in the right country - everything closes from 1 - 4pm so we are fitting right in. :-) Ciao xoxo Ps. Happy Birthday Gran - the boys talk of you and Pa often. Hope you had a great day. Missing you. ...
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