I always say about travel that it adds such richness to your day and our days since we left Australia are evidence of this. Had a wonderful day in KL not doing anything spectacular but enjoying the culture of Brickfields the Indian quarter of KL and taking in a movie and eating wonderful food.
The long flight to Rome was interrupted by a short stop in Doha Qatar. For the first time on a plane I heard people audibly anxious when flying through turbulence. A general nervousness to a degree I had not noticed before. We arrived in Rome about 6.30 this morning, picked up our Fiat 500 and headed north. What a beautiful drive. We stopped at a small town called Nepi to have some lunch. The sky was blue, the bread and salami were delicious and the peaches juicy. Nepi was not a place mentioned in any of the reading we had done but what a wonderful little town. We walked around it and was stunned that it doesn't make it on the tourist travail. Another place we went a by was Caprinca. Beautifully set into the side of the cliff. Our first major stop was Civita de Bagmaregio. Wow. A medieval village set out on a pinnacle connected to the new town by a pedestrian bridge. We had a coffee in an Etruscan cave and loved wandering in the sunshine through this Italian picture.
We then drove on to Orvieto and have just got back from walking this town known for its position, its duomo and its ceramics. The duomo was astonishing and took our breath away. It is striped on its side walls by virtue of the stone work colouring. But the facade made the most beautiful cathedral externally I have ever seen. We sat and had gelati looking at this masterpiece.
We have hit a bit of a wall now. No wonder but might go out later. Giovanni is asleep beside me and I am heading this way. Ciao for now.
The long flight to Rome was interrupted by a short stop in Doha Qatar. For the first time on a plane I heard people audibly anxious when flying through turbulence. A general nervousness to a degree I had not noticed before. We arrived in Rome about 6.30 this morning, picked up our Fiat 500 and headed north. What a beautiful drive. We stopped at a small town called Nepi to have some lunch. The sky was blue, the bread and salami were delicious and the peaches juicy. Nepi was not a place mentioned in any of the reading we had done but what a wonderful little town. We walked around it and was stunned that it doesn't make it on the tourist travail. Another place we went a by was Caprinca. Beautifully set into the side of the cliff. Our first major stop was Civita de Bagmaregio. Wow. A medieval village set out on a pinnacle connected to the new town by a pedestrian bridge. We had a coffee in an Etruscan cave and loved wandering in the sunshine through this Italian picture.
We then drove on to Orvieto and have just got back from walking this town known for its position, its duomo and its ceramics. The duomo was astonishing and took our breath away. It is striped on its side walls by virtue of the stone work colouring. But the facade made the most beautiful cathedral externally I have ever seen. We sat and had gelati looking at this masterpiece.
We have hit a bit of a wall now. No wonder but might go out later. Giovanni is asleep beside me and I am heading this way. Ciao for now.
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