Author Archives: distracted1

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 →

Day 3, Rainy joy. It rained most of the night, colder than we expected but I would still rather be cold and rained on in Tuscany than Grand Rapids… I’m just sayin’ We heard what we thought was one odd … Continue reading →