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| olive tree in side garden in Assisi |
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| Montepulciano landscape, breathtaking! |
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| picnicing at lago Tresemino with food from the market in Montepulciano |
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| Michele enjoying the picnic |
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| one of the many churches in the Assisi complex |
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| Piazza Il Campo and the Torre del Mangia |
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| the view of San Domenico (The Duomo) from Torre del Mangia |
The pictures above are from a few different days. The olive tree is in the St. Francis compound and we saw them throughout he hillsides along with many grape vines. The views from the car were breathtaking! Our picnic was delicious with the food from the Montepulciano market. The driving, done by our hero David was nice most times but parking had us going higgledy piggledy through the town, with an expletive shouted here and there. We finally found our spots and enjoyed shopping at the market and going up the Grande Plaza, more fantastic views and some wine and olive oil tasting. Out of Montepulciano with food and drink in car we set out for Lago Tresemeno
, another adventure in the car. Re
The maps and signage left much to be desired. God bless Dave for his patience and sense of direction and Anne Marie for her navigation under complicated circumstances. This was another day that perseverence was the word of the day (along with a few others). After our picnic at the lake we headed for Assisi. The church of St. Francis was beautiful as all the churches have been. There is a green area in the front with a cross and PAX sculpted out of hedges. This part of Assisi was very peaceful. When you leave this point though, the commercialism takes over. There are shops everywhere. In fact as we arrived, the first thing I saw was a sign for YogAssisi. The streets were wide and made of stone, very hilly, as in Siena. The drive back was a small adventure until we actually got on the highway out of Perugia. Being in the back seat and of no help reading maps, I was able to just close my eyes and pray for those in control. We made it back to Siena around nine o' clock and had a european style late dinner at the restaurant around the corner from our hotel. We met a couple there from Maryland. It was fun, but too close to bedtime to be eating. That didn't stop us, of course.
Yesterday we stayed in Siena and explored the cathedral, the battistero, the museo and walked up two different towers that overlooked the city. The second tower, Torre del Mangia, was 330 winding narrow steps to the top of the bell tower. Re waited in the plaza below for Dave and I to make this hike on our own. I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to spend 8 euro to work my gluts and get a spectacular view of the surrounding area. The sights took several hours and then we just hung out in town window shopping, eating gelato and people watching. It was a pleasant day topped off with a scrumptious meal at a restaurant recommended to us by our hotel hostess. We walked a little more around the city then went back to our room to prepare for our departure for Corniglia (core-nay-yah). We've been pronouncing it the way it looks and wondered why no one seemed to know where we were talking about. It made getting train tickets a little more difficult, but we managed and will be on our way in a few moments, leaving our lovely hotel with its beautiful terrace.
There probably won't be any internet service for the next few days, so arrivaderci! Mi
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