Bye Bye Keith!

Keith is hitting the road and heading back to California for a week of work, work and more work!

It was so beautiful out we went for a little drive and had lunch at Gulliver's, in the middle of nowhere, somewhere near the border of Umbria and a place we probably won't be able to find again.


On our little drive somewhere near Umbria and Toscana, we saw the Orient Express!  I didn't realize what a rare siting it was until I told Keith I had always wanted to take that train someday and looked up their web site.  As unique as it might be, it costs 545 Euro to go from Rome to Venice!  Seriously!  The train only runs several times a year and I'm excited I was able to see it, but I don't think I'll be traveling anytime soon.

We headed home and found that once again, on a Sunday afternoon, our little city of Cortona is flooded with people!  These two were painting on the ledge just below us and were quite good!


This is the view of what they were actually painting.  They stayed there for over four hours!








It was still a gorgeous afternoon for a walk and Keith wanted to take in as much of Cortona as he could before leaving.  Here was another religious shrine we spotted along the way.











I found this lovely gravel road on the west side of Cortona that just leads deep into the countryside with beautiful vistas.












This was a strange little shrine, located next to a tree in the grass.










Here's the lovely Santa Maria Novella at dusk.   Quietly majestic.







And this, well this would be the suitcase Keith packed for his trip.  He wanted to be sure everyone, especially a very special suocere knew how much space the box that carried their mother's day gift took up :) 

Comments

[heidi]

Hello, sorry I missed some things, because your adress was in my junks...now I'm back into your life again!!! Great, what you see and do! Whats about your summer plans to come and visit?!
Heidi

[Suocera]

Of course the poor little suocera would have been much happier if she could actually have seen this wonderful gift.....
It looked rather small. Hopefully it will grow much larger before she gets it.
Ma

[julie]

Just returned from OC Sunday. Fab weather--I really miss it there! He'll be back before you know it. And you'll have fun with your friend.