Monthly Archives: May 2012

Ascoli Piceno to Urbino. The sun seems to rise here at about 5am. It can really mess with you when it gets light that early and make you think you’ve over slept. It is another beautiful day and breakfast on … Continue reading →

Today is Jeanette’s birthday! She has invited Alessandra over to join us for breakfast. We take our time and chat over waffles with strawberries (Alessandra’s first ever waffles!), coffee, Juice, more coffee, ricotta tart, etc. It was a very nice … Continue reading →

Coffee, juice, showers and packing. It’s clear and dry and a good day for a drive. I bid farewell to Catrina and Lorenzo… and to Pinto who is so distraught that we are leaving he just lays on the ground, … Continue reading →

Have I mentioned that I actually love driving in Italy? It’s crazy… it’s as fast as you dare and the roads are generally in really good shape. Wish I had a decent car… Hertz failed on this trip… wimpy old … Continue reading →

Arezzo… The morning after one of the biggest and richest meals yet, is not exactly frenetic. Breakfasted, washed and pressed, our south-easterly journey begins as we head north. There are no main roads into Greve or Borgo di Sugame, so … Continue reading →

Pool Day! The weather has finally really broken and it’s sunny and hot all day. We have a lazy breakfast (have I said that before?) and venture out around late morning:30 for a walk in the vineyard. There are poppies blooming … Continue reading →

Another lazy start. (It’s a vacation, remember?) We roll out of the borgo about noonish headed for Greve and lunch. We sit outside at one of those little roadside places that somehow get away with putting their portable fences partway … Continue reading →

Repentant 5 days in the old country and I realize we haven’t been in a single church yet. This is notable. In past years the first place we would go in almost every town was either a restaurant, gelato shop … Continue reading →