We knew it was coming. For days, I’ve beeen watching the little yellow sun symbol on my weather app for Monday and, shocker, it proved true. Yes! a real sunny day! And beautiful! After coffee at the Montanucci bar, we took … Continue reading →
Sunday here in Orvieto is noticably different. First off, the shops are mostly closed like everywhere else, but there’s a difference in the foot traffic. All day long we saw families carrying packages wrapped in white paper (my guess: baked … Continue reading →
With the arrival of the weekend, and most shops closed on Sunday, we needed to prepare for our meals. So, shopping was the first order of business. First stop was the butcher. We walked a back way to Piazza della … Continue reading →
The morning was beautifully sunny so we decided to go on a hike of the Anello della Rupe, a ring trail around the whole town. By the time we were ready to leave, a fog had rolled in but I … Continue reading →
Priority number one here in Orvieto is the duomo, La Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta. We headed there through some back streets until we looked up to see this: Not the best light, but you get the idea of what … Continue reading →
Last day for Arezzo and I really wanted to go to the Medici Fortress. We took a short walk for coffee in a new direction from the B&B. Then, since we needed to be out of the room by 10:30, … Continue reading →
The day began with breakfast in the B&B followed by our morning walk to the TIM store. I had to be sure that everything is set for my phone for the next month. We got coffee on the way. (The … Continue reading →
It was time to leave Venice. Never enough, we both agreed. Elisa walked us (carrying my suitcase) to the boat and we could see the sun rising over Venice. I took this shot from the vap: The train ride went … Continue reading →
Our last day. 🙁 Very high water, up to 155 was predicted for noon time so we went out fairly early for a short walk around our little neighborhood. Puppa was closed with plenty of water on the calle so … Continue reading →
Again our goal for the day was to see the Hillary emails exhibit. So we took a leisurely walk to Strada Nuova, stopping for coffee at Puppa on the way. And…it was still closed. We got a few things to … Continue reading →