Thursday 3rd
August 2017
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| Fabulous cakes at Chieli bakery in Sansepolcro |
Villa Violetta
Near Gircignano
Arezzo Province
Italy
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| Pete Danilo (Villa Violetta neighbour) and Roberto - wine and prosciutto! |
So…our lovely friends Roberto, Jaz and Niki have left
us. They are off to pastures new in the UK,
for a week or so. And we have possession
of the Villa Violetta!
I chopped and Pete is cooking. It will not be up to Roberto’s standard…nobody’s
cooking is…but it will be delicious. Full
of Tuscan veggies and a bit of prosciutto!
We have hired a nifty little Fiat Panda for a few
days.
And we have zipped from Place Of Beauty to Place Of Beauty!
Every hilltop in the region is topped with a glorious little
walled city.
Can’t say which is more beautiful
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| Arezzo!! |
Yesterday we went to Arezzo with Roberto. It was about 42 degrees, with a hot HOT wind blowing
through the town. We are just slightly
used to horrendous heat. Mad dogs and Englishmen… so we managed
ok, up hill and down dale.
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| Huge fabulous Arezzo church |
With a fabulous majestic church.
Today we have driven around the countryside, walking up
and down steps in each and every glorious hill town.
I took photos of doors, of course.
Including a photo of me in my new Italian market
dress, in a doorway…
But I told Jaz about our passion for doors and she said
she has a friend who takes photos of manhole covers. Yes I KNOW!
Not the right terminology in today’s world! Is it a personhole cover?? What??
Anyway…I have started!!
The amazing thing about our adventures today is…each
and every town was shut down.
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| Emptiness! |
Nobody around!
Not even mad dogs and Englishmen.
Only us!
I assume that at sunset the towns come alive.
We will see!
Love your new dress! AM x
ReplyDeleteIt really makes you realise how young Australia is since colonisation. Obviously ancient in terms of inhabitants. The old buildings, doors and inspection hole covers (yes I think that works) in your photos are beautiful.
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