But we did come home with a half of a dozen free bottles of coke thanks to some kids handing out promotional gift bags who were clearly not being paid by the hour but rather for emptying their truck as quickly as possible.
We drove up to Perugia on Thursday to have lunch with some friends of Robin and Faye's. The weather was still mostly overcast to raining but we tried to make the most of the day. We stopped in Deruta to look at some pottery on the way up and got a little lesson in the local style and a painting demonstration from a very nice chap.
Then we found our way to the recommended parking garage in Perugia no thanks at all to our Garmin that seems to be off living the dolce vita while we are here - abandoning us at the most inopportune moments. After a long hike up the hill stopping three times to ask for direction in Italian, we found our way to a coffee shop for a quick warm up and then on to the restaurant to be rewarded for our efforts with a really lovely lunch in a perfectly-perched, mercifully glass-enclosed restaurant looking out over the valley towards Assisi. A good time was had by all, and the weather cleared while we were eating so that our view and our spirits improved.
Unfortunately, the chocolate shop was closed when we emerged, and in that 'torno subito' way we had no idea when it might reopen. So we walked once around the square, accepted our cokes, and headed back down all of the steps to the car. It was so lovely at that time that we felt compelled to stop somewhere to get out in the sun so we went back to the actual centro storico of Deruta for a stroll. Tiny place, tiny stroll, but at least we soaked in some sun.
While hanging out here in Todi waiting for sunset I snapped this photo of the edge of the town. If Picasso and Dr. Seuss had ever worked together in construction, I think this might have been their style(s).
We drove up to Perugia on Thursday to have lunch with some friends of Robin and Faye's. The weather was still mostly overcast to raining but we tried to make the most of the day. We stopped in Deruta to look at some pottery on the way up and got a little lesson in the local style and a painting demonstration from a very nice chap.
Then we found our way to the recommended parking garage in Perugia no thanks at all to our Garmin that seems to be off living the dolce vita while we are here - abandoning us at the most inopportune moments. After a long hike up the hill stopping three times to ask for direction in Italian, we found our way to a coffee shop for a quick warm up and then on to the restaurant to be rewarded for our efforts with a really lovely lunch in a perfectly-perched, mercifully glass-enclosed restaurant looking out over the valley towards Assisi. A good time was had by all, and the weather cleared while we were eating so that our view and our spirits improved.
Unfortunately, the chocolate shop was closed when we emerged, and in that 'torno subito' way we had no idea when it might reopen. So we walked once around the square, accepted our cokes, and headed back down all of the steps to the car. It was so lovely at that time that we felt compelled to stop somewhere to get out in the sun so we went back to the actual centro storico of Deruta for a stroll. Tiny place, tiny stroll, but at least we soaked in some sun.
While hanging out here in Todi waiting for sunset I snapped this photo of the edge of the town. If Picasso and Dr. Seuss had ever worked together in construction, I think this might have been their style(s).
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