Florence Airport, take 2

But first, some light village hopping. We started the day off with a trip to the small village of Civitella. It was an ancient walled city dating back to the 1300s, but wasn't really touristy, which was nice. We bought some groceries from a very small shop and wandered the village for a little. Next, we tried to drive to another small nearby village to find some lunch, but abandoned that plan when the roads got too bad. We turned around and found another small village and picked a restaurant that turned out to be the local hotspot. Dad, Kyle, and I all ended up ordering the same meal: a chicken, duck, and rabbit, which was excellent with the roasted potatoes on the side. We still had a lot of time before Gregg was scheduled to land, so we took another car ride to Arezzo, the closest "big" city. There was some history to see, but the traffic was terrible and it took too long to get to the city to actually get out and wander for a bit, so we just did tourism by car, then headed back to the villa.

I took a 3 hour nap, then Dad, Emily, Kyle, and I went back to the airport to grab Gregg and hopefully our luggage. Here's where the nightmare starts up again...

Kyle and I get in the baggage lost and found line while Dad and Em waited for Gregg to land. We waited for about 30-40 mins in line before finally be able to talk to someone, or so we thought. ..we got up the window, and the lady took a break. The lost and found closes at 8, and it was 7:20 when she decided to take a break. After 10 minutes of waiting and not knowing what to do, another attendant came by and tried to tell me through sound proof glass that it would take another 10-15 minutes before someone could help us....awesome. Finally a 3rd lady came and handled our claim. By this time Gregg had landed and his bag was also missing in action. Kyle and I found 1 out of our 3 missing bags while Gregg filed a claim for his bag. 2 bags down, 3 to go.

We got back to the Villa and Mom cooked spaghetti. We had wine and then talked for awhile, all of us in one room for the first time in awhile.