Sunrise in Giglio Veroli

Sunrise in Giglio Veroli

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Early Mornings in Italy



28 hours of travel from door to door and we arrived here at night. The house is beautiful- it was just cleaned, there was a fire in the fireplace, and the dogs were cute as could be (Blackie, Samantha, and Leia) After a long 2 days of travel, we were pretty spent, but not so tired as to not enjoy a pan of homemade lasagne, a bottle of homemade wine, a salad of fresh arugala, and some friend eggplant. We all went to bed full and ready for the rest of the adventure.

Yesterday we unpacked and took a look around. The house is on a large olive orchard on a sloped hill. One of our jobs is to walk the inside dog in the am and pm. When we do we are automatically joined by the other 2 outside dogs. We are a parade.

The brother of the husband where we are staying showed up yesterday and took us around town. We got the lay of the land, and then they invited us to Pranzo (big lunch). It was a lot of incredible food, with amazing olives, cheeses, bread, and yummy gnocchi. That was enough to put us all into nap mode for the rest of the day.

Jet lag for me is not so much about being tired, but about being wide awake during the night. Even with a late night playing Nertz (fav. family game) and an ambien, I was still wide awake at 4 in the morning. So I came down and was soon joined by Zoe. We were able to finish much of her School work by 6:30am. During this morning I discovered 2 new things that I am a fan of.

1- the old school expresso maker
and 2- The sun coming up
(pix above)

The Light is out and I can begin to start work on the joyful Italian truth of the sweetness of doing nothing.

Ciao


7 comments:

  1. Glad to hear about "the joyful Italian truth"!

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  2. what Rick said. Please bring some back!

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  3. Sunrises, cool strong coffee, family, and the joyful italian truth?! I'm in love. Blessings to all--We will enjoy following all your posts! -Sarah Roberts

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  4. If this was a fb status, I'd "like" it... Sounds like a great beginning. Rest well and have fun.

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  5. I meant to catch you after church to say that -- though we don't begrudge your going at all (we are happy for all of you that you get to do this) we will certainly miss hearing you preach each Sunday.

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  6. Doug - Next, find a bakery - I guarantee that an Italian chocolate croissant will make that espresso taste even better!
    We're jealous! Chris

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  7. This looks like a really buon journo! Amy will be jealous that Zoe was done with school work by 6:30 a.m. and ready to walk dogs and explore. Thinking of you often! The Larsons

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