Yesterday was glorious, from morning through to the evening.
Earthly morning shadow of St. Andrea
It stuns in every light
And today is every bit as beautiful!
Archive for September, 2014
Spectacular Day
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 28, 2014| 5 Comments »
Back of the Duomo
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 27, 2014| 1 Comment »
Most people never get to the back side of the Duomo. It offers some nice views.
And then we were witness to a wedding.
This striking figure, who’ve I’ve seen before, was watching too.
Caves
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 20, 2014| 2 Comments »
Orvieto has 1200 caves under its streets and houses. There are many places to see them. One is under Pasticerria Adriano. It covers 800 square meters on 4 different levels. An artrist has spent 30 years carving fantasy figures into the soft tuffa rock. It is very hard to capture this with a camera. Hopefully the following gives a sense.
Above and below are two passageways created by the Etruscans in the 6-400 B.C. era. These were used to move around and connect cisterns that held water.
Looking down into a cistern that's 20 feet deep. It was used for water.
Another smaller cistern. They lined these with a waterproof paste made of lime and volcanic rock – the world first cement.
And below, some of the fantasy figures.
Civita again
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 18, 2014| 3 Comments »
Our Discover Orvieto group went to Civita again yesterday. Just so many photo possibilities!
Around Orvieto
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 16, 2014| 3 Comments »
What’s happening in the city?
The dedication of the beautiful San Giovenale.
A wedding at San Andrea with this fun Citroen covered with wedding/matrimony words of wisdom.
Inside the Duomo on Sunday.
At Palazzone
Early morning light at Scarponni’s having coffee.
Painting with Jacqueline Newbold
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 13, 2014| 1 Comment »
Our first week just finished – painting under the creative genius of Jacqueline Newbold.
Wine tasting with Orvieto on the background
Painting in the studio
Gathering for show and tell
Exchange
Jacqueline with a picture she painted this week. Jacqueline will be joining us again in 2016. We’ll have details of her trip on our web site in October. Www.adventures in Italy.net
Clouds
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 12, 2014| 2 Comments »
Civita
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 11, 2014| 4 Comments »
Towers, sky, coffee, mist
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
The last few days.
The last super moon of the season. We missed the first two because of clouds, but finally see this one in Orvieto.
We take our Discovery Orvieto group for some wonderful pastry and coffee before going to see some of the 1200 caves under Orvieto.
The morning mists are beginning to form. These are burned off in the afternoon leading to the formation of mold on grapes. The mold sucks the water from the grapes leaving a sweet grape used to make dessert wine.
Beautiful light
Posted in Orvieto Italy on September 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
Make Haste Slowly 