Peaceful flight across the ocean with clouds below us and a full moon watching our journey. Bob and Delore sat in front of us in seats 5 J and K . They were very well behaved and dozed off every now and then. I watched a movie ..The Big Wedding which was funny and then three episodes of Downton Abby. We were served dinner with a glass of red wine...very civilized ! Hours later we got breakfast of yogurt ,juice and a sweet bun. I tried the coffee then switched to tea. Very few bumps so I would say a smooth flight. Landed in Rome, walked to our luggage and then the challenge to find the car rental...bit of a walk and puzzle but we got there. Rented a nice size car..Volkswagen Passat, lots of room for us and all our luggage. Some of us had a little sleep, some none and we are off for another day. Paul drove as we headed north with our first destination...Orvieto .
Italy is not quite what I expected though I couldn't tell you what I expected. It reminds me a lot of parts of California but with different things growing in the fields and much older buildings.
Orvieto is a Hill Town that is amazing. I hope the pics post give a slight idea of how wondrous it is. We stayed at a B & B that was very reasonable and worked perfectly for us for one night. Much better than I had expected.
We walked through the town and took pics..amazing, old quaint.. We were all hungry so we stopped for dinner early. Want to try real Italian Pasta. Tagliatelle pomodora ..so good, Paul had Chicken Milanese ,Bob had Ravioli and Delores had Chicken. Then we all had Gelato. Will remember what kind later...then we walked for a while till we were too tired to stay awake and all went to bed at 8 pm.
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