This and That

It has been VERY hot for the past two days and today promises to be another scorcher--about 88 F. is the forecast. Yesterday we ate lunch on the patio but it was so warm we finished up and retreated inside again. We showered and got ready to go out at about 4:30 pm but by the time we were dressed we felt like we needed another shower.


After a warm Friday we went out about 8:30 pm to get gelato in Ponte a Moriano. Turned out the piazza there was full of children and their parents. They were having a band concert to raise money for the school music program. We sat on the patio at the gelateria and watched people come and go. There was some non-student music and chatter to warm up the crowd. As we were walking back to our car the students finally began to play. Dom and I laughed because the first thing that was played was "Ode to Joy" on about 30 recorders. Some things are the same the world over.


This morning we went to Castelvecchio in Compito for a marcia podistica (organized walk) with Mary, Bob and Joy. Even at 7:30 am it was warm and by the time we finished hauling ourselves up the hill to the town and working our way back down (6 km and about 400 ft. elevation gain--seemed like more!) we were ready to hit the showers. Since returning home we have hid inside and watched the finish of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.


Last Sunday Mary, Dom and I went to Gallicano for the marcia podistica there. It was a 5 km. course without a great deal of up and down. As the day was not too hot we felt pretty relaxed at the end of it. Since we were going right by we stopped at Bar Bini (our favorite!) in Diecimo for cappucino and pastry. In the afternoon we watched the Formula 1 race in Turkey. That darn Jenson Button won again. Neither of the drivers Dom or I picked to win the Driver's Championship are doing squat!


This next week promises to be VERY busy. It is our final days here and between a few projects we must get done and social engagements I think we will need to get back to Whidbey Island to recover. It always seems to happen this way...