July 31, 2007 Orvieto
Orvieto was a great place to site see. We started by going down St. Patrick's well. Great views in this area of the town. The well was made in the 16th century when Rome was sacked and the pope needed a place to flea. (My elementary history lesson for you!). The well was built because there wasn't a water source...the town is on top of a hill. It was inspired by a well built in Ireland. It features a double helix stairway pattern- all traffic is one way, so those going down never had to go against traffic.
Next we headed to the Duomo. We admired the beautiful Basilica over a nice gelato.
We also did laundry today at a laundry mat. It was a nice break from hand washing our clothes in the sink! There was an italian man who did the work for us. He gave us tips on where to buy wine. We walked to the New Town, Orvieto where I bought 3 bottles of the Orvieto Classico for less than 1/2 the price it would have been in the Old Town. We bought food for a picnic lunch. We had a nice LONG city walk...we weren't lost, it was totally planned :)
We planned our trip to Rome this evening. Tried to get some sleep because our HUGE task tomorrow is to cover Rome in a DAY! I didn't think it would be a problem getting sleep, except that the MOB was right below us. Well, okay, maybe not, but my imagination got the better of me. This man, who sounded like Andre the Giant, was talking/yelling at these other men...and my imagination could only tell me that it was the mob and they were doing their business! So, what did I do?? #1 Freaked out and #2 took an Ativan (okay #3 took a second Ativan 15 minutes later). Thank you Dr. M for that nice prescription for the airplane ride!
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