Don't know where to start, but here goes..

It ironic that I hadn't time all summer to write a post, barely had time to comment, and now that school's back, and band's back, found time! So much to catch up on, better make a start.

Hubby and I had a lovely Italian holiday in June. We had a Silver Wedding anniversary, and coincidentally our flight was that day, and even better, there was a performance of Aida in the Arena in Verona. Yippee! Got a train from Milan to Verona.

It was very little extra to go 1st class, so we did, and free Prosecco was included! yay for Italian trains!

What better annniversary food than pizza. Delicious!
This is where our luck ran out.

As we began to eat our food, the rain began, and did not stop all night.









There was water running down the street, like a little stream.

There was great debate as to whether the opera would begin, and we got all the detail: if it doesn't start, you get a refund, but sometimes it starts, stops a few minutes later, maybe restarts, and so on. In this case, no refund!
We made our way over to the Arena, which was full of excitement, people wondering if it would start.

We waited half an hour, but the rain showed no sign of letting up, so we went back to our hotel.
Next morning, the sun was shining again. The opera had not started. Wise decision to go home!
To be continued....
I'm not sure what Blogger is doing to my pics, will try to rectify this tomorrow!

Tuscany Day 1 continued

Just want to add a few more photos from our day in Florence.

While we were having lunch, I noticed the Bride arriving onto the square. What drew my attention to her was the fact that she was so careless with her dress, not worrying at all how dirty it would get.

We took a few photos, from a distance, not wanting to intrude. Then we realised there were no guests.

And 2 photographers.

My guess is that it was a model doing a photoshoot. What do you think? If I felt that it was a real wedding, there's no way we would have taken so many photos!

When we came down from the hills (see previous post), we had another bite to eat, and then it was time to get our train back to Pisa, where we were staying.

Hubby took this shot of the Arno with lights reflected on it. I think it's beautiful.

The break

We had a wonderful few days in Tuscany. Totally relaxed, had lovely meals, walked, walked, walked, took lots of pictures, walked some more. Oh, and cycled!

Here are just a first few pics, more to follow. This was just beside the leaning tower, flowing water keeping the fruit fresh and cool. Wouldn't need the water for cooling here, not this week anyway.

But the forecast is that "it will pick up" - at 11 degrees tonight, it would need to!