Day 10 May 2012

Today we went to Chianciano to see the local art museum, but it was closed, so we went on to the next town of Montepulciano.  This town is well known for its wine.  We had lunch and visited the many shops in the old city.

We returned to Casa Rondini, and got ready for "Pasta Night" where all the residents got together and made the Pasta from scratch!  We also got to sample the wines and liqueurs that they make at Casa Rondini.

Day 9 May 2012

Today we went to Spoleto.  We found the very long escalator to go to the Castle.  We saw a wonderful aqueduct and beautiful cathedral.  We enjoyed a lovely lunch, and dodged the rain.

 We were greeted by this beautiful moth when we returned home!

Day 8 May 2012

Today, we drove over to the old Fabro, since the roads were messed up the last time we were here.  Then, we tried to find a place for lunch and were not successful.  It started raining pretty hard, so we came back to Casa Rondini and made us a couple of hamburger patties, with onions and tomatoes, and decided to rest the remainder of the day.

The camera place finally got back to me and said my camera would be repaired by May 29th, so that'll give me about 10 days to take some really good pictures before we return.  Most of the pictures I have posted are from my iPhone and iPad.

This is a photo of our view, after the rains today.

Day 7 May 2012

Today we went to Citta d. Pieve and walked around the charming town and visited a couple of beautiful churches.

 

Then we drove to Chiusi, where we visited the Archeology Museum of Etruscan artifacts.

 

This is the Capitoline Wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus.

This is a funerary urn.

These are for roasting meat.

 

 Beautiful sarcophagi.

We later had pizza at our favorite restaurant.

Day 6 May 2012

We caught up on blogging and pictures today, because it was a rainy day.  Then, we went to La Locanda restaurant in Fabro...one of the best meals we have had so far...and just a few minutes down the road.

Day 5 May 2012

We did a couple of loads of wash, since we noticed that the next few days were rainy ones.  There is no dryer, so we had to dry everything outside on the patio.  I took some great shots of our area, before we got on the A1 and headed to Siena.

Day 4 May 2012

We drove another lovely drive to the town of Todi.  We approached it from a different direction than we had last time, so it was like seeing it again for the first time.

 

This was our dinner we cooked when we got home, with some things from the garden: