Time for a new adventure with Julie, Stevie Gillman, Mary Ann Dalton, Jan Crouch and Jean Marie Hamel. We're off to Cortona, Italy. This summer at a fund raiser for Challenge Aspen, my friend Stevie, bought a week at a Tuscan Villa in Cortona, Italy and she invited 4 friends to come along. I was one of the lucky four.
Friday morning, I met Stevie in Houston and we had an incredible lunch at her restaurant called "Reef."
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Lunch at Reef in Houston |
Champagne and Good Friends |
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Ready for a good night's sleep on Air France. |
We are now comfortably situated in the airplane on the way to Florence. More champagne, please. More updates later.
Lunch at Bar 500 |
the Tuscan villa in Cortona, Italy.
While we waited for Jean Marie and Jan to arrive, we walked the streets of Cortona and had a quick bite to eat at Bar 500.
Cortona is a charming walled city with medieval architecture and steep narrow streets situated on a hillside at an elevation of around 2000 feet with embracing views of all of Valdichiana. Adorable restaurants and shops line the narrow streets.
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Villa Santa Maria, Cortona, Italy |
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Jan and only ONE bag??? Great Job, Jan. |
Jan and Jean Marie arrived around 7:00 tonight. Everyone was shocked that Jan brought only one suitcase. Good job Jan!!
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Jean Marie and her knee boo boo. |
more exciting excuse than YOGA. No offense, Jean Marie, but I could think of a dozen better stories than yoga. Why Jan mentioned several at dinner!! You know what I'm talking about! However, kudos for the really cool bandage!!
Mary Ann Offers Advice to the Chef |
Dinner at the Villa and Stevie's gifts for the girls. |
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Sunset from the pool at Villa Santa Maria |
Hopefully, more later. I need to find an adapter for the power cord for my MacBook Air. The three prong cord will not plug in to the 2 prong adapter. If I find one, I'll continue to post daily updates. Otherwise, I'll catch up when I return to the States. Keep your fingers crossed folks!!!
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