A Casa

It was a day at home today. I really hated to squander a day with the rental car by going nowhere, but somehow I just couldn’t get up the enthusiasm for a long day of driving. The sun was out part of the day and it was ALMOST warm!

My legs and knees were bothering me today, a bone deep ache in the thighs and shins, and my knees have taken to snapping and popping when I move them, like the knee cap is sliding back into place each time I bend or unbend. That snapping and popping comes with a bite of pain too. I am sure I will adjust to all the hills and stairs eventually and I can already feel my thigh muscles becoming stronger.

Tomorrow I must get gasoline and return the car to Arezzo, but not until the afternoon, so I will explore Arezzo a bit before trying to locate the car rental company to make the return and question all those charges on the paperwork I signed when picking up the vehicle. I will then need to take the train back to Cortona, really to Camucia, the town at the foot of the hill. I have only taken the train once or twice in Germany 20 years ago and I am a bit nervous about the whole thing, but I know I can do it.

I did more grocery shopping today. I am not a bit impressed with the bakery here in town and the grocery store is about half the size of a 7-11, so I have stock piled enough food at the supermercato to last a 3 month siege. Fortunately, the apartment is well-equipped with a refrigerator about 2/3 the size of mine at home which is quite large by European standards.

For those of you interested, unleaded gas is $7.88 a gallon here. I put in 10.5 gallons yesterday before driving to Chianti, which came to……..well, I’ll let you do the math!

A bright spot today was finding a café that makes café’ mochas! Of course it’s in Camucia and not Cortona, but I will make a stop there tomorrow before heading for Arezzo. Also, it seems I forgot my tweezers. I bought another today, and managed to lose it before getting home. It must have been left in the shopping cart. I would take that as a divine sign, but not even the Universe is going to keep me from plucking my eyebrows!