Lucy kitten wants to come too
The Flags of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy - 28th August 2022
We're off to Arezzo in Tuscany for the first time in a few years. This time, Isobel's found us a cool apartment at La Striscia Wine Resort, which is only a 15-minute-or-so walk from the edge of the old part of Arezzo, where all the interesting stuff is. After a bit of exploration, and lunch on the edge of the Piazza Grande, we're back at the apartment where there's a bit of noise coming from the nearby park. It turns out that it's one of several practice sessions for an up-coming festival, and as well as drums and trumpets, there's a lot of flag hurling. Oh, and the pond in the park is full of terrapins, which fascinate the boys for ages.
next album: Castiglio Del Lago and Santuario della Verna, Umbria and Tuscany, Italy - 1st September 2022
previous album: The BSCC at the Cross Keys, Redgrave, Suffolk - 25th August 2022
The joys of Stansted Airport
Fred does a stare
We head off through the stinky gas tunnel
Isobel and Harry do sushi
It's time to move on again
We manage to find a spot amongst the masses
We walk to the departure gate
Ruinair planes on the apron
We're in one of the lesser-used dates
The flying bus loads up
Typical Ryanair - won't pay for the air bridge
Fred waits to get to his seat
A broken-down 737 Max is towed off the taxiway
The control tower and freight terminal
The Norman Foster terminal from the air
The plane breaks through the layer of clouds
An estuary and a windfarm from the air
The cabin lights go all disco for some reason
Pisa's dock area by night
A 737 at Pisa airport
Harry hauls his Trunki off
Breakfast in La Striscia's restaurant
Outside seating under a canopy
Fred leans out of the boys' bedroom window
The boys get finger kisses from goldfish
Our apartment's living room
Harry tries out the pool for the first time
The boys are loving the pool
A cute little lizard scurries around
Fred jumps into the pool
The steps to our apartment
There's a fireplace if it ever gets below 28°C
We visit the nearby Pam supermarket for supplies
Isobel scopes out breadsticks
Pasta fan Harry is in the land of pasta
Isobel and Fred on the balcony
There's a brief, but heavy, rain shower
A nice flower
Graffiti on an Arezzo side street
In the Piazza di Sant'Agostino
Isobel helps slice up Fred's pizza
Harry cheeses up his pasta
A late night Gelato shop
It's busy on Via Colcitrone
Some sort of group photo occurs
Terrapins sun themselves on a rock
The boys are fascinated by a load of terrapins
Fred feeds a terrapin
Mopeds in a side alley
Time for a gelato
Inside Santa Maria della Pieve
Painted ceilings
Fred's a bit Meh because we're in a church again
Harry lights a votive candle
A curious picture on a wall
A nice provisions shop near Pizza Grande
Harry buys a little toy boar
Harry plays with his new toy boar
There's a cool antique shop next to our café
Fred looks at even more stuff boar toys
Our kitchen
The view from the kitchen
There's a lot of noise in the park
Drums and trumpets as the band practices
The drummers do a circuit of the park
There's some flag-hurling practice
The trumpets do a fanfare
Massed flag throwing
A line of musicians
More flag-swirling practice
Graffiti under a bridge
Time for a glass of wine, and mosquito defence
Fred's in the pool again
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Lucy kitten wants to come too
Lucy kitten wants to come too
The joys of Stansted Airport
Fred does a stare
We head off through the stinky gas tunnel
Isobel and Harry do sushi
It's time to move on again
We manage to find a spot amongst the masses
We walk to the departure gate
Ruinair planes on the apron
We're in one of the lesser-used dates
The flying bus loads up
Typical Ryanair - won't pay for the air bridge
Fred waits to get to his seat
A broken-down 737 Max is towed off the taxiway
The control tower and freight terminal
The Norman Foster terminal from the air
The plane breaks through the layer of clouds
An estuary and a windfarm from the air
The cabin lights go all disco for some reason
Pisa's dock area by night
A 737 at Pisa airport
Harry hauls his Trunki off
Breakfast in La Striscia's restaurant
Outside seating under a canopy
Fred leans out of the boys' bedroom window
The boys get finger kisses from goldfish
Our apartment's living room
Harry tries out the pool for the first time
The boys are loving the pool
A cute little lizard scurries around
Fred jumps into the pool
The steps to our apartment
There's a fireplace if it ever gets below 28°C
We visit the nearby Pam supermarket for supplies
Isobel scopes out breadsticks
Pasta fan Harry is in the land of pasta
Isobel and Fred on the balcony
There's a brief, but heavy, rain shower
A nice flower
Graffiti on an Arezzo side street
In the Piazza di Sant'Agostino
Isobel helps slice up Fred's pizza
Harry cheeses up his pasta
A late night Gelato shop
It's busy on Via Colcitrone
Some sort of group photo occurs
Terrapins sun themselves on a rock
The boys are fascinated by a load of terrapins
Fred feeds a terrapin
Mopeds in a side alley
Time for a gelato
Inside Santa Maria della Pieve
Painted ceilings
Fred's a bit Meh because we're in a church again
Harry lights a votive candle
A curious picture on a wall
A nice provisions shop near Pizza Grande
Harry buys a little toy boar
Harry plays with his new toy boar
There's a cool antique shop next to our café
Fred looks at even more stuff boar toys
Our kitchen
The view from the kitchen
There's a lot of noise in the park
Drums and trumpets as the band practices
The drummers do a circuit of the park
There's some flag-hurling practice
The trumpets do a fanfare
Massed flag throwing
A line of musicians
More flag-swirling practice
Graffiti under a bridge
Time for a glass of wine, and mosquito defence
Fred's in the pool again