Monday, November 4
Thought I was done with this blog, but couldn't resist a short one to describe our day. We made our way from Pesaro to Siena, to drop the rental car and take the bus to Florence (whew). We depart Tuesday for our long flight home. The only part I hate about traveling is the traveling part!!
On the way across the peninsula today, we stopped off for lunch in Arezzo-an unplanned bit of serendipity. I knew of an art treasure there, and was delighted that it worked out to visit. We were equally delighted to discover yet another lovely medieval centro storico. Fabulous Piazza Grande.
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| Piazza Grande |
Interesting Duomo.
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| Arezzo's Duomo |
The artistic high-light, though, was to see the fresco cycle by Piero della Francesca, "Legends of the True Cross" (1447). Typically you need a reservation to get into to see this chapel, and only small groups are permitted in for a short period of time. We were quite fortunate due to the off season: we had the place to ourselves. Couldn't do much in the way of photos, but we enjoyed seeing first hand this masterpiece.
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| Piero Della Francesca: scenes from "Legends of the True Cross" |
Arezzo has many more interesting sites, but we couldn't get to them today. One of my personal rules of travel is to leave something undone, a reason to return. I'm sure we will.
Ciao!
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| Medieval Coats of Arms embedded in wall of municipal building |
Couldn't resist adding in this last photo: we're back in our old familiar neighborhood in Firenze, and went back (si', 4 volte) to Tratoria Lucia around the corner. These are our buddies (2 on the left with Dad, the cook, on the right).
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| Our best friends (cari amici) at Santa Lucia |
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