Craig's blog

Today started with a surprise when I awoke at 10 AM.  That’s the latest I’ve slept in I don’t know how long.  Our whole family slept till then.  We were exhausted and it was great to get a good night’s sleep.  The Kleins and the Cowards were already up and wandering the town, but we had breakfast in our place of eggs, toast, cantelope, coffee and juice which we had bought last night around 11 PM in a tiny shop where there were folks watching the world cup.  It was nice to sit at a table and eat a home-cooked meal with the girls.

Today was the most relaxing day we’ve had.  We walked around the town of Arezzo, which is small and cute and built on a steep hillside.  They were having their annual antiques fair which is laid out in every street in the town.  It is the biggest antique display in Italy.  We wondered around in small groups and then eventually made it back and read in our little apartment while we did laundry for the last week of the trip.

We went out to get dinner for the 9 of us, which turned out to be more difficult than we expected at 8:00.  It turns out the entire town is out and about at 8:00 on Saturday night.  The place was packed and tables were tough to find.  We finally found a place and had a nice meal.  Then we hiked back up to our place and went to bed.