Where the hell am I?
And that smell…oh yeah, hydrogen sulfide…read about it in a book. The waters safe to drink but smells like rotten-eggs. I learned later that the water from the frig door dispenser had a filter that took all the smell away but I didn’t notice it was even connected that until later in the week.
Left-overs! God that meal last night was fantastic and there’s plenty of left-over for breakfast (actually, it lasted several days!). Coffee? Hmmm…how about espresso? Better settle for some green tea. (Ed! It’s getting long again).
BTW, it’s a national holiday in Italy. It’s the 150th anniversary of unification. It’s a BIG deal and everything’s closed, except for the restaurants and bars. Sounds like the United States…so much for a replacement for the rental car.
Speaking of the rental car, Val and Allie’s Matt went with the rental agency’s tow-truck to get the broken-down rental car. We were having language difficulties with the cooks on the previous day but and Betty’s (Villa owner) son, Nicholas, saved us. When asking the tow truck driver if he could speak English, he said “no,” Albanian…
Bought our first chianti. After drinking the villa dry last night, at least we won’t run out…
In the bedroom, I found an original edition of Winston Churchill's "History of the Second World War." Much better reading than the books I'd brought with me from home.
Gaiole is a nice little town. The church always had parking and was a convenient 2-3 minute walk to the markets and piazza. I like resting on vacation and could easily see me daily visiting the piazza for lunch and wine and then napping back at the villa. Alas it was not to be…
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