Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
New Chapter!
Friday, June 24, 2011
The Party's Over
Home sweet home it is.
Beginning to lag,
Laura
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Growl...snarl!...
The hours are few before I get up to catch a 5:40 am train to a bus to Heathrow...and next stop?...SFO.
What a month this has been, complete with the icing on the cake--time in Cornwell with Bill and Alison...filled with friendship, food and fascinating activities culminating with a beautiful cycling trip and lunch in a seaside cafe. Plus an elegant dinner with friends of B&A. Yes, I have been spoiled.
My breast-plate removed, I head home with soul-filling memories and a sense of having bridged to a new and challenging chapter in my journey on this exciting planet.
Ciao bella,
LJ/Laura
Monday, June 20, 2011
What is a winkle?
With a toothpick you remove the flap and proceed to remove the tiny winkle -- the game is to remove it in it's entirety. While I choose to think I was a worthy opponent ... (see next posting)
Indian Curry Buffet
gardens, fields, rolling hills and lanes quintessencely Cornwellian.
Kudos to Chef Dr. Bill and Sous-chef Alison Smith.
And the winner...?
This is a most elegant little cafe...no, it really isn't ALL about the eating!
Thoughts of returning home are beginning to seep into my brain....
What is a winkle?
The game is to try to remove the critter in its entirety...well, while I'd like to consider myself a serious contender in this "war", the winner was... (see next blog post)....
Sunday, June 19, 2011
What is this?
Each plate depicts a different creature from the sea and a most capricious description of that creature.
Home-away-from-home
It is as lush and dense as it appears punctuated with very large hay fields on a hilly terrain. Most beautiful.
Truro Area
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Winkle Wars Begin
Winkle Wars Begin
Packing for Opera house
Together Again
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
What is this?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Corona
The variety and quality of the whole thing was mind/blowing.
A totally unique experience!
Poking around the environs of Florence tomorrow and then onto UK Tuesday.
Ciao,
Laura
What is this?
A Saturday morning here is like participating in a sit-com without words as I do not understand Italian...a conversation generated (on my side) with charade-like gestures.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Tension Mounts
We've rehearsed...fun...and we are last on the program. We head to Cortona at noon!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Music Surrounds...
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In Gargonza
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Who is this?
An exciting organ concert rounded out a rainy afternoon...at one point I expected a lion to come charging down the aisle...it was a very unique musical experience.
Tomorrow off to Tuscany and Chapter 4.
Ciao bella,
LJ
Off to Pompeii
Now to ashes and more wonder.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Picnic ...
While journaling on return to Rome, I realized (with a little distance) what a really great and interesting few days we had enjoyed...a hotel fashioned from a series of medieval caves? Gelato, truffles, ancient olive trees with sculpted trunks...yes! And more to come...
Caio,
Laura
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Erratic for a few days...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Daily 'What-Is-This"
Monday, May 30, 2011
Bellissimo Matera
And we're staying in one.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Day #3 in Rome
A funny thing happened on the way from...
Cheers,
Gulliver
And, #2 from Rome
What is this?
Answer: No, not a Gililuly (?)
How about a display of gelato cones?
:-D
What is this?
Answer:
PASTA drying on a screen...we are in Bari now in the heel of Italy.
Rome was explosively wonderful and I shall catch up with that soon...Vatican, Forum, Colasseum, Spanish Steps, oh yes, we walked and walked and walked and a few details to follow.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Roma Bella
We are all rather weary, so a beer and sandwich later, we are all playing with out electronic gear and looking forward to the Vatican at the beginning of the day.
Where could we be?
Monday, May 23, 2011
The day before...
Caio,
L.