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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 →

Day 2 Rested (fairly) and looking forward to our first experience with market day in Cortona we head downstairs to begin the day. Jeanette prepared a fantastic breakfast for us… eggs and bacon, grilled potatoes and tomatoes, prune crostata, fruit … Continue reading →

Back in the old country again. It took us 13 years but we now celebrate our 10th anniversary of falling in love with Italy. After a remarkably quiet, on time (even early) nearly comfortable (but not quite of course because … Continue reading →

After an unusually chaotic and intense morning of unloading 60 some school buses of some 3000 elementary school children and then loading them again after a 1 hour version of the Nutcracker ballet, before going to the office to prepare … Continue reading →