I'm really in heaven! Wow, this place is simple breathtaking. Mark and I are beyond thrilled that Russ and Becky stayed here and passed on such good information. I honestly have only been to a few resorts that even compare to the Villa Zuccari. Wow!
Our trip to get to heaven was a little more like hell....heeheehee, but we survived and didn't let us let the travel experiences get us down. We began our day with a nice breakfast in Florence. After we were ready to go one of the owners from our hotel drove us to the train station. That was so kind of him and it also saved us about 15 euros (more money for other things). We found our train right away and boarded. All was going smoothly which was great. Once we were at the Orte station we tried to get off. I say “tried” because the attempt wasn't very successful in the beginning. I grabbed one of the bags and went to leave, the train door kept closing on me. When I say closing on me I mean slamming against me. It was horrible to get out. I finally made it, but Mark didn't. I called for one of the train people to help, he was blowing his whistle to get the train to open the doors. I honestly thought Mark was going to be taking off to the next stop. There were two or three men trying to help get Mark off the train. It was not a pretty sight and I could imagine all the people on the train saying to each other, “Look at those Americans. They can't even get off a train.” Mark finally was able to get off the train only a. little worse for the wear. We them caught the next train headed to Spoleto. Boy oh boy we were ready for that one. We had our bags in hand and were standing in the doorway before the train hit the station. As soon as the door was opened we almost literally jumped off the train. Haha. It was so funny. As we decided what we needed to do until the rental car office reopened at 3:30 (they close from 12:30-3:30 for lunch). We decided that we would take a taxi to the Avis building and then find a cafe and relax and eat while we waited. Nope, that didn't work out so well. We didn't know how far away from the town or anything the rental office was located. We found one patch of shade under a tree and waited 2 hours for the Avis to reopen. Mark was talking about how hot his head was getting when he realized he left one of his nice hats on the train that we barely survived getting off of. I tell you, we have lost more things on this trip. Looking at it as an experience we just laugh about it.
Finally, when Avis opened we got the car and were hoping to get a map and some directions. We did get the map but no directions. We back tracked the best we could and started to head into Spoleto to get some money. We were running on fumes as far as euros were concerned. At the bank we decided to find the address of the Villa Zuccari so we could get here safely. No luck, no address. I did however remember that Russ told me it was “almost” to Montefalco. So, we took all of the signs that said Montefalco. We then spotted something so beautiful. It was a sign that read “Villa Zuccari”. We followed the signs and safely arrived at the most beautiful place in the world. Wow, wow, wow! Some of you may argue that you have seen more beautiful places in the world. I have been to many, but this is just amazing and it is in Italy (so it has to be good.)
Mark and I get our first night dinner for free since we are here for 5 nights. We get to go eat at 7:30. We are really looking forward to a nice sit down meal. We went out to the pool for a few hours to relax. After being in Florence we needed a little down time.
We are planning the trips for the next few days. I want to go and see Assisi, Perugia, Monetfalco, and Trevi for sure. I will update you each day since we bought some wi-fi time.
For now I am off. I may update after dinner, it just depends on how exhausted I am feeling.
More to come so stayed tuned.
Pictures to follow soon.
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