Today we decided to head on up to Perugia, this was my original choice for doing a month's study so we thought we would head and have look. It was the biggest town we have driven to or around so it was a bit exciting and stressful. The town is beautiful but I am so glad that I picked Florence.
Although it is Sunday and most things are closed we thought we would drive anyway. It gets us out of the house and the traffic isnt so bad.
We eventually made it onto the autostrada after a couple of wrong turns and one getting cranky episode in the car but you just have to follow the green signs when you can find them.
I think it was about 1hr to get there with the little detours and well we parked as far away as possible. We found the first park but as we werent sure as to where we were so we took it and started walking.
We soon discovered that they have these little mini monorail carriages that take you to the top, so we found the stop closest to us and hopped on and it was great. You arrive to the top and the have to go up a few escalators to go further to the top. Wow the views to the mountains are amazing. You can see the snow on some of them.
We strolled around the city and have a few photos. Brett is really starting to look like an Italian. He is the trendy one in the leather jacket and sunnies.
Like most of our places we find somewhere nice to eat for lunch and well have lunch. Today was no exception. Thanks to the ipad and the tuscany travel book (thanks Brad) we found this great place called 'Il Cantinone'. The food was fantastic and so was the wine. For 2 plates of pasta (mine was better this time, normally it is Brett who picks the best one) one gnochhi and the other ravaoli, two desserts (delicious) and 1/2 litre of wine and a coffee it came to the lowly price of $32 euro. We thought that was good.
After rolling out of there we strolled back to the car. Even the churches close between 12- 3pm so it was time to go home. The trip home was a lot quicker as it was autostrada all the way and then we got off at the right place. Wound our way through the hills to Asciano and they were still having their markets so we stopped in. Marty as you can see made a brief appearance but the other two were hiding.
Tonight Brett is making me chicken stew with polenta.
Love Monique, Brett, Marty, Kiwi and Hooter
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