borogove

sabrina here in arrezzo. according to lonely planet, arrezzo's not much to look at, having endured lots of bombing during the war. we've loved it though, partly because it does seem like a regular town that we could imagine ourselves living in. and it actually does have an old medieval center that's still very much lived in. we walked around it and found our way to a park at the top of the hill, where school kids were playing soccer (with one of the girls acting as ref, whistle and all), and 3 other girls had cornered one poor francesco so that they could declare that they did not like him. after the kids left, we spent some time enjoying the 360 views of the surrounding tuscan hills, complete with vineyards, farmhouses, and apartment complexes.

that evening, we decided to catch star wars episode iii at one of the local cinemas. we were one of 8 people in the theater (most people were catching the school play that was taking place in the main theater upstairs), and the quality of the screening was such that it seemed like it was indeed taking place years before episode iv. also, it was dubbed in italian, so the love scenes were probably more palatable to us than they would have been in the original. serge was able to understand most of the movie, given the similarities between italian and spanish, so he explained some of the finer points to me. all in all a very enjoyable experience.