We’re back in Florence after a short but wonderful weekend back in Torre Orsina. The bus picked us up this morning at 11:50am in the piazza and dropped us off at the train station in Terni 35 minutes later. We took the 12:56pm train to Orte which arrived at 1:18pm, switched to the 1:30pm train to Florence which arrived on time at 4:47pm. A short walk to our apartment building and we’re “home” again. The trip is only €15,35 per person each way.
Ok, so we’re still not up to date on the blog posts. We initially thought we’d have nothing to do in the evenings in Torre Orsina. During those long evenings we’d write our blogs, pick out some photos, and have them all ready to post once we arrived in Florence where our apartment had WiFi. That clearly wasn’t the case as we had very little down time in Torre Orsina (which was a pleasant surprise). But it did leave readers asking questions like, “Where are you guys now?” and “Can you post pictures of your apartment?” We’ll, now that all of the photos from Torre Orsina are posted in the Photo Gallery I can turn my attention to Florence. But wait, we’re heading back to Torre Orsina tomorrow morning! We’ll arrive Saturday around 2pm (if the trains and busses cooperate) so Cinzia can assist with preparing for the party. Sunday is the big day -- Virgilio’s 99th birthday party. It’ll be held in Luigina’s dining room on the first floor. Everyone should be in attendance and we’ll take plenty of photos and maybe even a video or two. We depart Monday at noon and should get back into Florence by 5pm. That will leave me with even more photos and videos to post! (Cinzia’s 11 minute tour of Torre Orsina video took just over 4 hours to upload to YouTube.)
On our third evening in Torre Orsina they held a Briscola tournament in the piazza outside the bar. The bar is at one end of the main street and the church is at the other, each with their own piazza. The crowds occupy the piazza outside the church for the early festa activities, such as singing, dancing, reenactments, the palio, and processions. After these activities conclude everyone moves to the smaller piazza outside the bar for drinks, gelato, conversation, and to play cards until 1am.
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