I wake at 6:00 at the appointed time even before my alarm . The air conditioning is not working well and it is hot in here . The washed -out A Few more items over 24 days ago and They Are Still Not all the way dry , this damn humidity. The Negotiate the shower one more time . The Water Takes about 10 minutes to get warm ... crazy ... the shower will not get warm , the room will not get cool and my clothes will not dry , DRAT ! I use the hair dryer and try to get out of the dampness Some of my items laundered .. it makes a poor clothes dryer ( nessicity is the mother of invention ) But it helps to know I can get These little items packed up .
We meet the group in the hotel lobby at 6:50 as scheduled . The train station is just a Few minutes walk away so this is nice . We stop and get A Few items for eating and drinking on the trip , Which will be about seven hours long so we need a little sustenance . Acutally , They Do Have a guy who drinks and food vendors on the train . He comes around with the little cart equipped with a bicycle bell . The cart offers chips ( Pringles are a big fair here ) , soda , water and candy (What else do you need? ) . We Take Our seats , eight together , two facing Each Other with a table in between . Not too many people on the train yet so we spread out beyond Our assigned seats and do a little napping . When We Arrive at Some hubs to stop couple hours into the trip , more people get on and we Have to Get Into The appointed seats ( darn , the loss of leg room When your knees are up Against the person facing you sucks ) . We now are now up Against the Adriatic sea . The water looks great. I wish we HAD to stop here . There are Thousands of beach chairs and umbrellas and Brightly colored as we whiz along the coast line ( why are we not into the chairs and the umbrellas for hire in the USA ? ... Seems pretty nice to me). The city is Called Pesora we pass and I will Have to look this one up the map and think about as a future vacation destination ( Have to see you always keep thinking of That next holiday look ... I am now using Aussie terms ) .
We Reach Our transfers are at 4.5 hours after city , in town called Ancona. Also, on the sea but we do not get see it or enjoy the Adriatic . We Do Have time to grab lunch though. We go into a bar and I am reminded how much I hate dealing with lines at train stations in Italy ... Have you muscle your way up and interupt in order to be seen. Some I buy a water and biscuits (cookies Actually ... just throwing in Another Aussie term for you ) Because I Already Bought to sandwhich back in Venice . Most people in the group get a slice of pizza, but i am glad for my sandwhich Because The pizza looks a Little Lacking . We have about forty minutes at the station and now on to the next stop, Which Should take about 1.5 hours . Hey this train is headed back the way we flesh, David you put us on the wrong train . " Do not worry , " says David, back the train tracks for about 20 miles before it heads off the direction we wish to travel . Weird ! ... but I am glad I am now with HIM I Would Have Thought I got on the wrong train and I Would Have Some HAD heart palpitations for about twenty miles .
We are now heading inland . There are lots of hills and craggy rocks , We have definitely left the sea shore . The next stop, Favia ( Something Like That ) is a small hill town . We then wait to get on a bus for about 15 minutes . Luckily the bus has air conditioning Because it is hot out today . We travel about 45 minutes AND OUR Another dropped off in Gubbio . Gubbio is a midevil town in the region of Umbria. We take a short ( albeit up hill) trek to our hotel , the Grotto Angel. Jane and I Our Our assigned room. Quite a stark little room like my first But Lacking air conditioning ! ... Now That is just a little too stark . We meet in the lobby after Being assigned David Takes Our rooms and orientation on a little walk around the town . This is definitely a hill town , Every thing is up and up . ( Mom Your Knees Would never make it around here ) . I wonder how the old people here can handle the hills But You See Them All About Town . We go to a large open square and look out on the view. We all get ice cream (I go for the classics , lemon and coconut ) . We have more energy now for going up hill now. We go to the main cathedral . We have to look around . It looks like there is dead bodies In Their caskets on the sides of the church , mummified Perhaps , But I Do not Think These Are The true bones of These saints and David does not know . I decided to head to the museum next store with the Cuban family and the rest head into town . The museum is lame ( with seven euros of blades! ) . Not much here and now no audio guides Regarding Any handouts in your native tongue ( They HAD These museums in Venice ) . There Is Some Art Work That Is Displayed poorly with little light and a bunch of ceramics in the up stairs . There Is Some display dedication to homemade book about Dante 's Divine Comedy and There Was Some excavation downstairs WHERE tank. There is one cool thing here , there is Characterization of painting projected onto the floor and parts of it will only light up if only step on the floor Where It Is projecting know we dance around the floor for awhile lighting up the picture .
Okay , enough of this museum after half and hour . We go back to the hotel . Jane and I have a little rest. Time to meet up for Our Gubbian dinner at 7:00.
David (or Intrepid ) Chosen has a nice little outdoor cafe . They are famous for this region here Their truffles (the mushroom kind Not the chocolate kind here ) . So of course I Have to get something I know with truffle Some type of order the black truffle pasta with .. They mix up wihte Kurt 's mine But we share half and half so it works out for Both of Us . No dessert for me tonite , just too full .
David is a frustated musician posing as a tour guide . His favorite group Pink Floyd But if he is open to all types of music . He sees That There Is jazz concert tonight I know has arranged for tickets for all interested . As you know That I am always into the late night concert action . It Is Held in an open-air jazz concert in a church courtyard / monestary . There is a woman singer , she is a little older But she has a great voice . There is full orchestra down and know the sounds are amazing . The music is awesome and is nice to be in the open air space into the stars and looking at the church 's architecture . The concert is about an hour and half . Jane, David and I sit together , the Cubans In Another area , the rest of the crowd stayed on . I need to go to bathroom ( suprising ) Which I take a break and head to the toilet. No toilet paper ! I Know I Could drip dry , But I Got To Have a napkin or something . A receipt is handy ( David and Dad Would do well here , They give you a receipt for everything! ) , this does the trick and I Able to enjoy the rest of the show in peace and to feel lighter load in the receipt category . The concert goes from 9:45 to 11:30. David, Jane and I then wander about the town . There are a lot of teen types out and about, how fun for Them to Have The Ability to this in a safe environment. Time for bed about 1AM . Hoorah we get to sleep in tommorrow .
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