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CIAO ADRIANO
8 DAYS IN TUSCANY AND UMBRIA THE 2007 DOM PARADOX A TOUR FOR NICK (DOM P'S SON) AND JACUI October / November 2007
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DAY TWO
Thursday 1 November - Ognissanti (a Public Holiday in Italy), when families take flowers to the graves of their ancestors and then meet up for a good extended family lunch.
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After fried eggs garnished with shaved tartufo bianco for breakfast, it's down to Orvieto in Gregory’s comfortable Volvo SUV.
Outside the Duomo there is a bone chilling wind, but inside it's warmer and the east nave is full of light and people there for the Ognissanti service.
There are views of the city of Orvieto from the hills above on the way to Civita (Bagnoregio) – isolated medieval time warp town in north Lazio, which was the birthplace of the great Franciscan San Bonaventura (1221 - 1274 (53)).
Ognissanti fish lunch at Ristorante Da Rita in Montefiascone, near Lake Bolsena.
Bolsena town, in whose church the Miracle of Bolsena happened, then north on the Via Cassia (also known as the Via Roma and the Via Francigena by pilgrims travelling from Canterbury to Rome or back), to the hilltop robber baron castle of Radicófani (and its cemetery full of Ognisanti flowers and people).
NE to Sarteana, then west along a long dirt road to the cemetery and villa of La Foce, home to Iris Origo (“War in Val d’Orcia”).
Back to Castellina via Montepulciano (with Sangallo's luminous Chiesa della Madonna di San Biagio Greek cross church at the base of the hill) and Pienza (the home town of Pope Pius II - Aeneus Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-1464 (59)).
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A quick look at Civita (Bagnoregio) – isolated medieval time warp hill town in north Lazio - on the way to our Ognissanti fish lunch in Montefiascone |
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Ognissanti fish lunch at Da Rita in Montefiscone - Nick & Jacqui
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Photo: Nick Fletcher Ognissanti fish lunch at Da Rita in Montefiascone - Chauffeur & Tour Guide
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Townspeople gather at the cemetery above the hill town of Radicofani
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Origo family and village cemetery - La Foce - Ognissanti 2007
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Castellina is located near the "i" of "Chianti"
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