It is Wednesday in Venice and when I awoke at 7:30 I could hear the sprinkling of rain on the window. The Hotel Monaco provides a continental breakfast like none in the US. The tray was delivered with my selection of cappuccino, a basket of breads, including fresh croissants, two type of muffins and small…
A page from my personal journal dated June 15, 2010 Tuesday noon.. As I write this I am sitting on the train from Roma to Venezia, Santa Lucia, which is a three and one half hour trip. I am happy to return to Venice as it was my favorite city when Tom and I brought…
This is a page from my personal journal dated Monday, June 14, 2010 This morning Kelly, Katie and I were the first to rise. We showered and again took turns with the temperamental blow dryer. Katie, Kelly and I rushed down to the piazza where the farmers market assembles each morning to buy fruit and…
15 The PrayerA page from my personal journal dated June 13th, 2010. The apartment in Roma, located just steps from the piazza, was a second floor walk up with three fairly large bedrooms, a living room, two kitchens, a beautiful outdoor garden terrace, nicely appointed. The third floor had a bathroom complete with bidet and…
A page from my personal journal dated….June 12th, 2010 Today I figured out if I changed my international settings to Italy I would be on the correct calendar. It only took me a week to figure that out…. Kelly and I left Casa Ombuto at around 8:30 am after a tearful goodbye to our new…
A page from my personal journal dated Friday, June 11, 2010 Sadly, today is our final day at Casa Ombuto. Tomorrow morning we will rise bright and early, drive the now famous Fiat Panda back to Florence, do some shopping at Ponte Vecchio, have lunch and catch the train to Rome where we will be…
A page from my personal journal dated Thursday, June 10th, 2010 It is already Thursday and our one totally free day here at Casa Ombuto. Awoke a bit later this morning for no particular reason other than…..I could! Showered and readied for our adventure with Kelly and Elizabeth, who were waiting in the cantina eating…
A page from my personal journal dated Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 Here it is Wednesday already. We had two intense cooking classes today and spent the entire day here at lovely Casa Ombuto. We are also really getting to know and love our chef Laura Giusti. Laura is a wonderfully knowledgable and professional chef. She…
An entry from my journal dated June 8th, 2010 We spent a complete day away from our Casa Ombuto home today. After a healthy breakfast we loaded onto a small tour bus arranged by Casa Ombuto’s Manager,Barbara and headed toward the medieval town of Arezzo, about a half hour drive. It was cool enough for…
This is a page from my personal journal dated…..June 7th, 2010 This morning I set my alarm for 7:30 am and was stirring to the sound of beautiful birds singing loudly just as the sun was about to rise over the mountains. I am in Tuscany…..and I need to rise and get ready for the…