tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post170069692596854159..comments2023-11-16T08:21:33.975-08:00Comments on Let me tell you what I think: Cose Preferitejojo cucina cucinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-45830558286984334232014-06-13T10:28:45.713-07:002014-06-13T10:28:45.713-07:00Thrilled that you've had such a great time! I...Thrilled that you've had such a great time! I'm researching Florence right now because we have a day there on our trip in August. When we went before it was temps in the upper 90's and mobs of people and Bud was having a horrible reaction to some medication he was on - searing headaches. We spent most of our sightseeing time resting in the shade of cathedrals. Probably same heats (and mobs!) this time, but we'll be better prepared.pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982007511015181038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-18774122045319211812014-06-13T07:03:17.103-07:002014-06-13T07:03:17.103-07:00Thank you Amanda! I think you and I are similar in...Thank you Amanda! I think you and I are similar in many ways and traveling is likely one of them. An international trip is an amazing vacation but it is not exactly what you call a relaxing one. <br /><br />Today is our last day in Cortona and as i type there is a major storm going on outside with lightning and thunder and wind and big big rain. The first inclement weather we've had here. It's kind of cool. Glad it didn't catch me while we were walking up that long hill to Cortona as we were planning! <br /><br />We leave in the morning for Florence and stay two nights, getting up at 3 in the morning to catch our flight on Monday. <br /><br />I've loved it here, but i'm ready to go home. I know that sounds stupid to a lot of people, but right now we are struggling with packing and making stuff fit. And it's not because I brought my pillow! It has something to do with limoncello and 8 bottles of olive oil. <br /><br />Also we need to figure out how to pay the parking ticket Brian got in Camucia when he took off on his own yesterday. <br /><br />We have met two different groups of people (aside from the family of 6 people who i spoke earlier about who are here that we connected with because of Brian's relationship through work with the woman( and i have emails addresses and will send them a photo and a message.) They were so nice. <br /><br />This has been a great trip. No bumps in the road to traumatize me from ever doing it again either! And it's really fun to end our last day on a major storm! jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-74615492021991370402014-06-12T12:47:40.856-07:002014-06-12T12:47:40.856-07:00I love these blogs, Jo! It sounds like such an ama...I love these blogs, Jo! It sounds like such an amazing trip. The stuff you don't like is the same stuff I wouldn't like, so I totally get it. It's almost as good as taking a vacation myself! Thanks for sharing everything!Amandahttp://amandahaines.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-47852894017851212322014-06-12T10:28:53.511-07:002014-06-12T10:28:53.511-07:00My iPad won't let me scroll to correct my favo...My iPad won't let me scroll to correct my favorite meal to say wild BOAR pasta. Today we went back to Montepulciano and it was so much quieter because the tours weren't there. I love that drive on the little narrow country roads. It is so beautiful. I so wish I could have gone running on some of these roads but I would probably ...most definitely... Have been road kill the way some of them drive. <br /><br />I probably shouldn't have read that book Me Before You that Bethany recommended. I really liked that book a lot but it was about a guy who got hit by a motorcycle, became a quadriplegic and wanted to kill himself only he couldn't.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-3036707765241086762014-06-12T02:42:34.722-07:002014-06-12T02:42:34.722-07:00The New Jersey couples we met were David and Margo...The New Jersey couples we met were David and Margo and Paul and Bertha. We all exchanged email addresses after our dinner and Margo gave me a phone number 'in case we ever make it out to New York'. <br /><br />Bertha made me feel better because she also talked about having traveling anxiety in Italy. <br /><br />The Norwegian couple i like is Lasse and Ellen. (Not sure of their friends' names.) Lasse actually looked up my Norwegian maiden name and said there were many people with the name Aslak Lauvrak which i my grandfather's name. He tells me Aslak is an uncommon first name. The spelling of my grandfather's name is different from my father's because of a mistake on my dad's birth certificate. <br /><br />Brian bought 8 regular size bottles of olive oil in Montecantini because it has the Benedetti name. I'm worried about how we get them home. Maybe i can talk him into giving one to Lasse and Ellen since their own their apartment and can leave it here. <br /><br />jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.com