Went on a Walk

We were supposed to begin our art classes today, but my jewelry and bronze teacher wasn't available today.  His name is Andrea Roggi, you can look him up online, and his work is seen all over the region.  He mostly does bronze statues but will be helping us with whatever we choose to focus on. 

Since we had the afternoon off, Kelsey and I decided to venture to the vineyard we will be studying.  We got a ride from Sharon, one of the women in the office, to the bottom of the hill, but had a 2 mile walk from there.  It was a different experience having little technology guide us to our destination.  After Sharon dropped us off, she just sent us on our way and told us to keep walking straight.  We walked through some housing, some warehouses, and then started to get to the countryside.  There were beautiful houses with perfectly manicured lawns next to fields of olive and cyprus trees and vineyards.  Some houses were enclosed with stone gates and others had driveways lined with cyprus trees leading to the house.  It was clear that these were the wealthy farmers!

As we walked, we would pass other people walking every once in a while, and when we came to a fork in the road I got to use some Italian and ask for directions to La Pievuccia, the resort.  We followed her direction and kept walking a quarter mile longer.  We finally came to a driveway with a sign that said "La Pievuccia." Yayyy!  It was beautiful, so I'm a little worried about how much we can do for a project.  We have another meeting this Friday all day, to learn all about the company and get a tour of the resort and see how it all works.  Our professors want to come with us, I think it's going to be difficult to get work done with our professors wanting to hang out at the vineyard all the time!

Well, that's about all that's happened lately.  We go to Florence again on Wednesday so I've been reading my Rick Steve's Italy book and found out there's a family style dinner (3 courses with water and drink) for 12 euro!  We're also looking into cooking classes in the area we can take the weekend before we go to Venice.  Cortona is looking hopeful! (That's my town's rival town)

Cara Marie

No spill today, but on a related note I've been craving fresh vegetables.  All we get is cooked veggies.  A lot of them, but usually cooked and sometimes they serve them cold.  Like green beans.  That is my only complaint - I still get a freshly cooked meal twice a day!!!