I haven’t updated this blog in a while because I have had nothing too crazy to write about. Jared and I have our daily routine of waking up whenever we want to, eating a long breakfast on the patio and then working or going to the beach. Sometimes we ride our bicycles into the city or I go on a run in the evening. Basically, we are just really enjoying the fact that we have some sort of a home. We eat out about once a week, normally at a pizzeria. They are the cheapest, plus we both love the pizza. Sometimes I eat my whole pizza… We watch the sky every night as the sun sets. It normally is a blaze of pink and oranges. We drink a lot of coffee here, probably much more than what is healthy. The weather here may be just about perfect. Normally sunny, slight breeze, 70s. Last night we rented PS I Love You on itunes and it really made me long for Ireland. It’s strange missing Ireland and Danville all at once. Both feel a little bit like home.
I have been picking up on some Italian words, but pretty much I just say “Caio!” to everything. Jared makes fun of me for it. We are getting to know the owners of the hotel pretty well because we have to go downstairs to purchase internet vouchers every day. They have started doing a buy one get one free kind of thing. That lightens the load for us a little bit. It’s really sweet. The father and son who own the hotel are Bruno and Maximiliano, which I think are both incredibly Italian names.
Last weekend we rented a moped and drove it all along the Tuscan coast and also along the mountains. We started our journey on Saturday. We had walked 4 miles to the moped rental place to pick up the moped and we were so excited. We started going and all was well. After about 15 minutes of driving Jared ran us into a swarm of bees. There was really nothing he could do about it since he couldn’t swerve to miss them due to oncoming traffic. One minute we are driving, the next minute tons of bugs are squished all over our helmets and clothes. We pulled over to see that they were bees. We flicked multiple bees off of our jeans and our shirts. Poor Jared had bug guts all over the front of him. I was lucky enough to just have them on my helmet and from the knee down on my jeans since he was blocking the majority of my body. After ridding ourselves of the bee-bodies we were both spotted with honey and guts, so we turned the moped around and went back to our apartment to change. This happening in combination with our first night in Cecina has lead me to believe that there are more evil bugs in Italy than anywhere else.
Our two days with the moped were so fun and beautiful. We saw wineries and rolling green mountains to one side and then I would look to the other side and see stunning cliffs dropping off to the four-shades-of-blue ocean. We drove North up the coast to Livorno for a day. They have streets like Venice that are made of water. Not as many, of course, but it is pretty! We actually decided not to go to Venice because of finances, so that is about as close as we are going to get. The second day we had the moped (Sunday) it rained until 1, which was depressing. When the rain stopped, we drove South an also East into the hills which I think I liked better than the day West. I love the tall, skinny trees, the mountains, and the grape vines around every turn. When we headed home we noticed more rain coming and just a few minutes after we got back from our day trip the rain started again. We got lucky! Needless to say, Jared and I had a great time. The bees were gross (and scary because I am slightly allergic) and my back was aching a little bit by the end of each day, but we didn’t get lost and the bees didn’t sting us. It was totally worth it considering everything that we had the opportunity to see.
We leave Cecina in 12 days and head to Florence for a week. We are staying with a lady who has a dog! She lives right outside of Florence just a few minutes from a winery. We are excited for that. Mostly though, we are counting down the days until we return home! We have like, what... 45 days??!!
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