Surprise - we have the internet here! It's not advertised - we are staying in Valentina's B&B, only 6 rooms - the door are not even numbered, you just have to remember which door is yours!
This is fantastic hill town, one must ride funicular up from the train station into the town. Then we walked up hill over cobblestones with our suitcases until we found the little street with our B&B. Very tiny town, with it's main sight being the Duomo and Etruscan caves. We are chosing to get an early bus tomorrow to take us to Civita di Bagnoregio. It is a dying hill town with only 2 residents, that is if they are still alive! There is no access except on foot over a pedestrian bridge. Wish me luck getting there!
Tonight we had dinner at Antico Bucchero - a place that serves game. We ate outside and I had smoked goose with salad greens and shaved parmesan and Jim had eggplant paremsan - these were appetizers. For secondi (aka main course) we both had rabbit. Terrific meal with bottle of wine and espresso which came to only 54 euro.
Orvieto rolls in it's sidewalks early - so we are in early with plan for an early day tomorrow. We still have to walk the ramparts of the town, Jim may want to see St. Patricks well......you must look up Orvieto is you want to know the history. Don't count on me to give it to you!!!
This is fantastic hill town, one must ride funicular up from the train station into the town. Then we walked up hill over cobblestones with our suitcases until we found the little street with our B&B. Very tiny town, with it's main sight being the Duomo and Etruscan caves. We are chosing to get an early bus tomorrow to take us to Civita di Bagnoregio. It is a dying hill town with only 2 residents, that is if they are still alive! There is no access except on foot over a pedestrian bridge. Wish me luck getting there!
Tonight we had dinner at Antico Bucchero - a place that serves game. We ate outside and I had smoked goose with salad greens and shaved parmesan and Jim had eggplant paremsan - these were appetizers. For secondi (aka main course) we both had rabbit. Terrific meal with bottle of wine and espresso which came to only 54 euro.
Orvieto rolls in it's sidewalks early - so we are in early with plan for an early day tomorrow. We still have to walk the ramparts of the town, Jim may want to see St. Patricks well......you must look up Orvieto is you want to know the history. Don't count on me to give it to you!!!
Having just finished Rick Steve's Smithsonian Magazine THIS place sounds like it should be in his next one! Wow, it's on MY LIST!!!! When will YOUR magazine come out? One note: I totally agree with your food choice---WOW! Sounds absolutely wonderful and we, also, truly dislike hairy parmesan. T&S
ReplyDeleteNo more internet? Hope you are having a superb time in Firenze today. Last night we went to the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Florence and Napoli courtesy of Rick, but thinking of you two!
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Now you are in Monterosso with lots of memories stored both in your cameras and minds. Hope the fun is continuing on the final leg of your journey. We are checking in daily! Stay well!
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i would love to see the cliffs and the out of the way towns....maybe next year.....
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