Really just a very quick update. Off to school on Thursday to struggle through more passato prossimo / passato imperfect / reflexive verbs / modalis and god knows what else ….brain scramble!! Home to try to write it up. Then Norjie arrived back and I had 5 minutes to say hello before I headed back to school for my hour with Ele. But what was nice was that I had arranged to meet Norjie at a bar after my hour for a Spritz and a catch- up. That was really nice. After our Spritz we walked around town a bit to book some restaurants for Norjies last days here in Lucca. She came back with lots of ideas for what she wanted to do in this last week which was terrific. As a result we have booked a car for the weekend and are going to ‘do’ the Chianti area again as well as Barga and the Garfagna around Lucca. After that flurry of organisation we went out for a meal which was very pleasant indeed.
Today, off to school again. It being Friday it was a day of goodbyes to friends made during the week as each Friday is. I then met Norjie for lunch at one of my favourite places (San Giorgio) where I always get my Al Papa di Pomodoro (this yummy tomato soup). It was a nice lunch, then we came back to the apartment to stay out of the sun for the hottest part of the day. I had lots to do…plane ticket to Trieste, train tickets back to Rome from Trieste, looking at accommodation options for Bordeaux, replying to emails of long ago…etc etc.
Now we’re ready to head of for the evening meal. We have booked at Buca di San Antonio (Pots and Pans Restaurant) for one of the final nice restaurants. Off to chianti tomorrow…I hope I’m not pushing my luck by continuing to hire cars…every-time I get a car back I heave a sigh of relief. I do still get a bit anxious despite the increase in confidence!!
More later
S