Today I decided it was the day to go up the tower. The biggest hurdle for me was just making that decision. Decided to go when it opened to try and beat the crowds but when I got there it wasn’t open when it said it would be. Oh well, what a shame….off to get my usual cappuccino. Then I thought I should have another look and it was open…that reprieve didn’t last long. So up I went and to be honest it wasn’t one bit as hard as I thought it was going to be, in fact it wasn’t too hard at all going up or coming down. It’s a secret that it wasn’t that hard!! I was so excited that I posted some photos on Facebook as a bit of a boast I guess!! Its another thing to tick. The next is going to San Luca…the church on the hill with the massive walk through over 3kms of portico. I’m exploring the best way to do that. I think you get a bus up and walk back but I’ll work that one out.
Then (and this is very mundane) but the battery has run out on my camera and I went off in search of a new one. As with all things that I have to work out it means being sent from one place to the next. Anyway I found this lovely man who said that my beautiful new camera hadn’t yet been released in Italy and he had ordered the batteries but he had no idea when they’d be here. He rang around and ascertained that they would be here one day and he was in the process of taking a battery out of one of his cameras for sale (he was a lovely man) when the postman walked in the door. He looked at it and at me and said NOOOOOO, never!!! he opened it and there were the exact batteries I needed. That was amazing, it really was.
I did some shopping. The cleaning lady was coming so I had to clear out of the house. Basically I just wandered around for ages, sat in the sun when I could find a sliver of it and came back after she had left. She changed my sheets and towels and cleaned the place…I pay but its a good service I have to say!!
No more to say for now. More tomorrow as long as there is something to report!!