On the road to Pisa
Coco with Cheese in Lucca
We left Lucca and headed down the road to Pisa. About 45 minutes away - the road construction is crazy in Italy - Marco swears in Italian frequently! Lines and exits disapear at will, detours that seem to peter out are frequent then you follow your gut and eventually get back to the Autostrada - the super freeway (toll freeway) thru Italy. Frequently there are Autogrilles on the Autostrade, diet cokes assured! I have one a day and split with Marco as my navigatorial reward! Truly please my brother Kevin certified me as a 5 star navigator years ago...seriously part map, part instinct, having a sense of the sun and prayer is a powerful package!
Pisa was funny - after Lucca it was a tourist trappo a go go...the Duomo and tower were wonderful but surrounding the square are so many tacky booths and hawkers - crazy - we always try to find an out of the way restaurant to eat and it was harder to do in Pisa but we managed. About 110 degrees - so we each drink up to 2 liters a day of water, that is all we drink - Marco and I avoid wine or we would fall asleep immediately!
Then driving to Perugia to Marcos aunt Carolina.
On the drive the fields and hills are many colors in blocks. Yellow hay, silver green for olive trees, deeper green for oaks, medium green for grape vines. Often we turn a corner and there are miles and miles of sunflowers - they follow the sun so sometimes they are camera shy as Coco says, facing away from the road and other times they great us bobbing their top heavy heads.
We are listening to an Italian pop star Tiziaro Ferro recomended for Jacquie and bought the newest of our favorite Zucchero, called Zucchero and friends, he plays and sings with Miles Davis, Cheryl Crow, Sting, BB King etc. We are enjoying all being together and gently teasing what has become evident as each of our unique foilables.
Coco has picked up an amazing number of italian words and uses them regularly. Her favorite...gellato!
Hugs KB
We left Lucca and headed down the road to Pisa. About 45 minutes away - the road construction is crazy in Italy - Marco swears in Italian frequently! Lines and exits disapear at will, detours that seem to peter out are frequent then you follow your gut and eventually get back to the Autostrada - the super freeway (toll freeway) thru Italy. Frequently there are Autogrilles on the Autostrade, diet cokes assured! I have one a day and split with Marco as my navigatorial reward! Truly please my brother Kevin certified me as a 5 star navigator years ago...seriously part map, part instinct, having a sense of the sun and prayer is a powerful package!
Pisa was funny - after Lucca it was a tourist trappo a go go...the Duomo and tower were wonderful but surrounding the square are so many tacky booths and hawkers - crazy - we always try to find an out of the way restaurant to eat and it was harder to do in Pisa but we managed. About 110 degrees - so we each drink up to 2 liters a day of water, that is all we drink - Marco and I avoid wine or we would fall asleep immediately!
Then driving to Perugia to Marcos aunt Carolina.
On the drive the fields and hills are many colors in blocks. Yellow hay, silver green for olive trees, deeper green for oaks, medium green for grape vines. Often we turn a corner and there are miles and miles of sunflowers - they follow the sun so sometimes they are camera shy as Coco says, facing away from the road and other times they great us bobbing their top heavy heads.
We are listening to an Italian pop star Tiziaro Ferro recomended for Jacquie and bought the newest of our favorite Zucchero, called Zucchero and friends, he plays and sings with Miles Davis, Cheryl Crow, Sting, BB King etc. We are enjoying all being together and gently teasing what has become evident as each of our unique foilables.
Coco has picked up an amazing number of italian words and uses them regularly. Her favorite...gellato!
Hugs KB
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