Luglio: Under the Tuscan Sun

^{Got up today in Arezzo and prepared to
drive to Cortona. We decided to drive home slowly and see the Tuscan
countryside. Breakfast was nice. We thought it odd it that they asked for our
room number when we ordered cappuccino. I asked at check-out and it turns out,
they do charge for extra coffee at breakfast (it’s a B&B) because some
people were having seven or eight cappuccinos and it was costing them too much
money. Fred and I had two each. She said one comes with the room, but if you
want two, that’s okay. Breakfast is 8 to 10, and check out is at 10. Made for a
bit of a rush because usually they end breakfast with a little extra time to
gather your things. At check-out she handed me an evaluation form to check off
my satisfaction rating, 1 to 10. AWKWARD because of this one complaint I had
about the fact that there was no where to sit and just “be.” As I wrote,
I told her that everything was great but the chair in the room was a little low
and that when my husband sat in it he was too low to reach the desk level where
his iPad was. She said, “Oh, that’s because we are so short.” ? Whatever.
The chair was stupid. Case closed. It was an easy chair, not a desk chair.} ^{We drove home via Cortona, which was
amazing. [Later found out it’s the setting for Under the Tuscan Sun.]
Found a place for a quick slice of pizza, which I passed on and had a LARGE cup
of gelato which allowed me FOUR different flavors. Heavenly. And my first [and
only!] gelato of the month. On the way home we stopped at a lake for a spritz
and some chips to break up the drive. The boys did not find this necessary. Got
home at 6:15. All of us completely zoned out for two hours. Fred made some
pasta. We had dinner. The boys played Minecraft while I washed dishes. Now Fred
and I are in bed reading, blogging, etc., while the boys watch for shooting
stars and satellites, calling us out to the balcony at every spotting.}