FINALLY: WI-FI
START WITH THE POST FROM SATURDAY JUNE 8
After a leisurely breakfast and matins we were off to visit Cortona. It felt like we took a round about way, but we did eventually arrive! After parking we walked up and up, even up an escalator (does that mean it's become upscale or just that they want to be accommodating?).
Cortona is lovely! And definitely a working and residential hill town. There are loads of boutiques, cafes, restaurants and souvenir shops but also fresh produce shops, pastry and bread shops and butcher shops! Flowers are everywhere--in window boxes, in pots along the narrow streets and in front of buildings and residences.
Our first stop was for cappuccino! Then we pretty much split up and made plans to meet back at the car at 2. Besides the shopping there was the Cathedral of St. Mary, art galleries, a Chiese for St. Francis that contained 3 of his relics, museums and so many small, classy shops. We did keep bumping into each other and eventually all met for lunch in the Piazza Grande at Trotteria Antics where we sat at 3 different tables. Peter rated today' s pizza 17 on the CASTE system and yesterday's was a 18.
It took the 4 vehicles different amounts of time to get back to the villa. One followed a GPS, some followed signs and some followed their noses! Our car followed signs, went to the Penny Mart to do the evening's shopping and was the second one to get home. Tonight we were back to Team 1 for dinner. While dinner was being prepared some went to the pool, some played cards, some did laundry (what a system!) and we all chatted.
Dinner was appetizers which contained fennel and foie gras from Dordogne and the entree which was sausage roasted with potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers and onions. Dessert was coffee, chocolate and vanilla gelato served with a large chocolate chip cookie. Yum!!! Liz gave a vacation presentation about crashing 2 art gallery receptions! That Lize!
Sat outside for some post dinner conversation, some played cards, some had an early night, some stayed up past midnight.
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