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Woke up at -UGH- 6:15 am to get to the Rome airport in time to switch cars and pick up Wendy’s sister Karen and her husband Adam. Not a very pretty drive, but very little traffic. Dropped off Wendy to retrieve the kids, while Milton went to [...]

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(Further reflections on Norcia: the feeling we’ll long remember is that of how empty the town was in the mid-afternoon, and how festive and busy it became as the evening approached. What an incredible sense of community as seemingly everyone was chatting or shopping, with shop owners [...]

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The incessant chiming of the church bells didn’t really wake us up, but . . .
Had another fruit medley with an incomparable view from our private garden high above the Umbrian countryside. Finally got to shower in a stall larger than a phone booth, then set off for [...]

Sort of a rush job this morning as we were expected to vacate by 9:30. We were moving along at our own pace when Sammie stopped by to read the telephone meter and we chatted for about 30 minutes. Then we started really trying to get assembled when the maid came by around [...]

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Same breakfast routine, but up late enough that it was warm enough to eat outside (and also to drag the clothes-laden standina out into the sun). Then down to the pool area (which fortunately had been vacated by all children) to read for the morning.
The weather [...]

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Awoke after another great sleep in our Frette linens (having forgotten to mention that in yesterday’s villa description). Dario, our guide for the day, (late 20s, great tan, blond hair in a little ponytail, two pierced ears, blue eyes, a multi-day growth) arrived at 9:30 sharp, and we [...]

First, a few words about our lovely Italian villa: living room, 1/2 bath, kitchen, dining area downstairs, full bathroom, two bedrooms and a dressing area (though it’s in front of a window) upstairs. The full bath is newly renovated and has a great glass shower stall, which is unbelievably small; the second bedroom [...]

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Just another leisurely morning here in our home. Breakfasted on some fresh fruit, then read in the yard, soaking in the postcard view. Set off around noon for Panzanno’s weekly market, which turned out to be sort of a mini-market. Spent but a few minutes [...]