Thursday Oct 17, 2024

Turned in the car at the Pisa airport, no problem. Anna took me back to Pietrabuona. We stopped in centro Pescia for one last cappuccino & pastry. And yakked and yakked. For two people who don’t see each other often we never run out of things to talk about. It’s amazing.

Had a quiet and quick lunch with Stella and Luca who is nursing a cold/flu/covid, he doesn’t know which. So we didn’t talk much. Actually over the last few weeks, several people have been sick with colds, flu, coughs and worse. Even Stella has been coughing and sneezing lately. I will be very grateful to arrive home without any of that, thank you very much.

The weather hasn’t helped either, it’s dreary, wet and cloudy. And for the first time, thunder and lightening! It was loud and felt close, probably because we’re so high up. I watched the valley fill with clouds earlier, there is something very magical about making entire mountains disappear.