Report #4 — Eggs for breakfast and then off to explore. A day of pouring rain, so we drove until we arrived at a town — Lucignano — that happened to be between downpours. More Italian doors to photograph. Nothing to eat, though, as everything in Italy is closed between 1 and 5, plus it’s Sunday, when everything is closed all day. A pretty walk in a beautiful walled city, then a ride home in the torrent. Back at the villa, between rain showers, the group foraged in the surrounding grounds for fresh blackberries, figs, pears, and one persimmon. Beautiful fresh fruit grows everywhere. Patty fell in a sinkhole, after having survived being punched in the face by Mike (an accident, or so he says).

Lucignano in the rain or

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