Yesterday the weather improved some and today it improved even more. It may have actually hit 70 degrees today....but even if it didn't it felt wonderful.
We stayed close to home yesterday since we were seeing Robin and Faye off at the local bus station (read parking lot across from gas station) for their trip into Rome. Then we came home, tidied up and got ready to meet Merry upon her arrival in from Oregon. As we sat OUTDOORS at the coffee shop across from the Chiesa Santa Maria della Consolazione, all I could think was thank heavens that I posted that photo of the hail storm otherwise no one would have believed that I wasn't making up tall weather tales all along.
Today we decided to take a short day trip down to a little town called Amelia. Merry was going to drive because her Neverlost had died in her rental car on the way up yesterday and she wanted to try to figure out what the problem was. When we got in her car this morning, the Neverlost wouldn't work. So I plugged in our Garmin and it didn't work either. So three brilliant, medical diagnosticians that we are, we concluded that the outlet in her car was not supplying electricity, that the battery charge had run down on her way up and that she was going to need to contact the rental car company......that company being.......you guessed it......Hertz!
So first we went off to Amelia. A little wee town with pretty much nothing to see except that we did happen into the Cathedral when their finest painting of the Assumption was being displayed ( it is only uncovered during dates in May and August). I will post this picture of the view instead because I think it's more beautiful.
Then we spent a great deal of time roaming around looking unsuccessfully for someplace to eat. Oh and I did learn a lesson: If you have a hard enough time understanding spoken Italian under the best of circumstances, do not ask directions from old men with no teeth!
Anyway, we booked on over to Narni to try to recreate our last 'something is wrong with our rental car' luncheon at the restaurant there where Michael really enjoyed his potato pizza but sadly they were closed. So we grabbed a quick bite and then headed for our old stomping grounds in Orvieto Scalo to find the Hertz office for Merry. Miraculously (given that we being driven there last time) we drove right to it arriving just 15 minutes before they opened after lunch. Merry had no trouble explaining the problem. The logical next step was taken, the Neverlost was plugged into another vehicle and found to work. So the cars were switched out and off we went arriving home to Todi in time to enjoy a gelato SITTING OUTSIDE for the very first time in 8 days followed by homemade Campari Spritz and chips on our precious little balcony in SHORT SLEEVES at sunset.
Che Bella!
We stayed close to home yesterday since we were seeing Robin and Faye off at the local bus station (read parking lot across from gas station) for their trip into Rome. Then we came home, tidied up and got ready to meet Merry upon her arrival in from Oregon. As we sat OUTDOORS at the coffee shop across from the Chiesa Santa Maria della Consolazione, all I could think was thank heavens that I posted that photo of the hail storm otherwise no one would have believed that I wasn't making up tall weather tales all along.
Today we decided to take a short day trip down to a little town called Amelia. Merry was going to drive because her Neverlost had died in her rental car on the way up yesterday and she wanted to try to figure out what the problem was. When we got in her car this morning, the Neverlost wouldn't work. So I plugged in our Garmin and it didn't work either. So three brilliant, medical diagnosticians that we are, we concluded that the outlet in her car was not supplying electricity, that the battery charge had run down on her way up and that she was going to need to contact the rental car company......that company being.......you guessed it......Hertz!
So first we went off to Amelia. A little wee town with pretty much nothing to see except that we did happen into the Cathedral when their finest painting of the Assumption was being displayed ( it is only uncovered during dates in May and August). I will post this picture of the view instead because I think it's more beautiful.
Then we spent a great deal of time roaming around looking unsuccessfully for someplace to eat. Oh and I did learn a lesson: If you have a hard enough time understanding spoken Italian under the best of circumstances, do not ask directions from old men with no teeth!
Anyway, we booked on over to Narni to try to recreate our last 'something is wrong with our rental car' luncheon at the restaurant there where Michael really enjoyed his potato pizza but sadly they were closed. So we grabbed a quick bite and then headed for our old stomping grounds in Orvieto Scalo to find the Hertz office for Merry. Miraculously (given that we being driven there last time) we drove right to it arriving just 15 minutes before they opened after lunch. Merry had no trouble explaining the problem. The logical next step was taken, the Neverlost was plugged into another vehicle and found to work. So the cars were switched out and off we went arriving home to Todi in time to enjoy a gelato SITTING OUTSIDE for the very first time in 8 days followed by homemade Campari Spritz and chips on our precious little balcony in SHORT SLEEVES at sunset.
Che Bella!
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