wow.

I was so hoping to see this! We arrived in Baschi (a small country town near Orvieto in the Umbrian region) this afternoon in this car:

I was a little nervous about the whole driving in Italy thing, but Jon did a great job. We even stopped here on the way for a little fresh mozzarella:


We settled into our rooms in the little farmhouse and then went to Civita di Bagnoregio. It is this city that was once on a hill, but has decayed into this island in the sky. It is breathtaking. You can only get to the city by walking this footbridge over a large valley. All around the area is stunning scenery.

I thought that would be enough reward for coming, but then we walked through the town. I could not believe how beautiful the buildings were. This is exactly what I pictured (actually better than I pictured) a typical, Italian countryside town looking like.

I couldn’t stop taking pictures.

Ali couldn’t stop taking pictures.

If I could paint, I would spend my days trying to paint these pictures.
On the twenty minute drive back to our farmhouse we found this restaurant.

It was built into the side of a cave. It was a really unique place and we had a great meal.

Great day.