Tenuta due laghi Rieti

Wednesday, We are alone in an Italian villa. It was magical. We slept in and then had breakfast on the veranda.

I made a picnic lunch out of the things we bought yesterday and feeling very brave we drove to Pettino. It is a small mountain village about a half an hour away from M & J's house. Reaching Pettino, we blinked and were out of town. Turning around and heading back down the hill to find a place ...

... makes the pecorino, three different versions, we buy the medium aged.

Mike makes lunch from fresh eggplant and tomatoes, fresh from the garden and turkey breast. We sat on the veranda and chatted until it is time for them to leave for NY.

Marty and I swim and doze by the pool, naked. Around 7:00 we dressed and walked to the ...

... on the terrace. I join her and relish in the cool morning air while performing Jill’s Anusara routine. Lovely.

Off to Spoleto we wind through the narrow cobbled stone streets to the top of the town. Jill and Mike show us an ancient amphitheatre, the one the Roman’s gave to the town of Spoleto for defeating Hannibal by pouring hot oil his troops. It is still being used today. We visit the town’s Duomo ...

The time is 02.30 a.m., Thursday September 11. I'm sitting on a rock outside Tuval's gate, the smell of refet wafting into my nostrils. It shouldn't have been. I should have been in a taxi on my way to Yoni's, on our way to the airport, on our way to Umbria. And Yoni isn't answering his phone. His secretary was meant to have ordered a taxi to pick me up from Tuval at 2.15 and Yoni from Manof at 2.45, but she got her A.M's and P.M's mixed up. A great start ...

Was a big day for the bor- driving into Terni-10ish not easy to find acc. all Italian at night( speach) turns to gobblygook lol really it does- turned out this hotel was awesome- big huge room and BIG COMFY BED_ yip and B BREKKY ! what more could ya need- and girl everything with ENGLISH speak yey, sent us off in morning to Farantillo Mummies -was awesome-not gruesome so then-IT began- lost in terni car due back ...

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I've decided to stop numbering the days for my entries. Thought you should know. Yesterday was super rainy but I still had a pretty good time. Instead of going to a museum like we had planned, Sarah, Julia, Pinky, Sara, and I went to school to pick up Sarah's cell phone and walked around a bit in the rain. Let me tell you: Rome doesn't do the whole "plumbing" thing. Roads were flooded. It was a mess. We stopped ...

Well, today started off early, with the alarm clock going off at 8am. Our plan? To drive 2.5 hours to Pisa to visit the leaning tower. But, for some reason, 8am was seeming really early, and 6 hours in the car wasn't looking too attractive. We've become so relaxed here in our little hilltown home, and today is our last day here. We decided that we wanted to take it easy and enjoy the area. So, sadly, we didn't venture to Pisa. We slept another ...

Merry Christmas everyone! We miss you guys... Today was a very relaxing day for us here in Umbria. Late last night, Tony, Maren and I went to a little restaurant in Trevi called, "Le Preporsitura" for our Christmas Eve meal. The food was amazing. Maren enjoyed the 5 course "Natale 2007" meal, and was absolutely stuffed by the end. Tony and I each had risotto with truffle oil, grilled vegetables, and some beef prepared in ...

... Coming out of one of the churches, we passed a little short nun. She could not have been even 4 feet tall, and I think she was almost as wide as she was tall. So cute! But the best part was when she tried to dip her hand into the holy water. The container for the holy water was pretty high up, and she had to lean over to one side and actually throw her weight up so she could reach her hand into it! So funny! We are now waiting for ...