Toscane Days 4

The rest of the flight went pretty uneventful. I watched another movie and then I fell asleep for a few hours and before I knew it, we were about to land.

When we arrived to the airport, we waited by the luggage claim area for our bags and dad and Lily went to rent a van, so we could all fit in together. Finally after about twenty minutes, we had all our luggage with us, and a few minutes after dad and Lily were back and we headed towards our home for the next month.

I must admit the scenery was impressive. It was so different and much more relaxed than home. The roadsides were laced with colorful flowers and there was a heavy, sweet, flowery spring scent in the air. Throughout the drive, it seemed like green Is the prevalent color around here, the valley we drove through was covered with a green blanket of fields, vineyards and orchards and from time to time you could see a cow or a goat lazily munching the grass.

We drove for about an hour when the sun was just about to set and when it did, I was awe struck. I never pay much attention to this kind of stuff, but anyway, there wasn't anything else to do, so listening to some punk rock band on my CD player, I got to watch one of the most amazing sunsets ever. Truthfully, the music suddenly seemed rather unfitting for the moment. I don't even know how to describe it, the colors were so reach and it felt so powerful, maybe it had something to do with the fact that we were out of the polluted city, or the open green space around us, I don't know.  

I'm pretty sure this place would inspire me to write some extra sentimental stuff. It was in the air, and if I'm saying it, being the not so touchy touchy guy that I am, there must be something to it…

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"We're almost there…" Lily announced as she checked once again her map and told dad to take the next turn right.

Dad took the right and after about ten minutes, we arrived 'Casa Elisa'. We couldn't see much, because it was totally dark by now, so we just unloaded the bags and headed towards the house.

"Hurry up dad I want to see it" Jessie nagged dad when he fumbled with the keys a little too long. It wasn't so late, but we were all pretty bushed from the day long flight and drive.

Finally, he opened the door, and we all tried to find the light switch. Grace found it first.

As she pressed the switch, a beautiful room was revealed to our eyes. It wasn't fancy; it was a peasant/ farmer style kitchen, very homey, you know, with the heavy wood table in the center, on the wall on the corner hanged a few heavy pans and a few other kitchen utensils. The room had a special smell, I don't know exactly how to define it yet, some kind of country smell, a healthy smell. Well, enough about the kitchen, we moved to the next room, it was the living room. There was no T.V. but there was a huge fireplace, and though it probably won't be useful in this time of the year, it gave the room a very warm and welcoming feeling. This room also had the wood motif pretty strong. There was a heavy two seats couch on one side and on the other side were two very comfortable looking armchairs.

There was a door, probably leading to the garden, but we were too tired and it was too dark now anyway too explore it. The hallway led to a small toilet and beside it were the stairs leading to the second floor.

"I'm going to make some coffee" dad announced "anyone else wants some?"

"Sure, I'll join you" Lily said. "Me too" "Yes" "Me too"…

Eventually we all sat around the kitchen's table, drinking a very good Italian coffee. "This place is great, you must thank Ron again for his generous offer" Lily told dad. "Yes, it's absolutely beautiful here" Jessie added. "Thank you for taking me with you" Katie said. "You're almost a part of the family" Lily smiled at her warmly. "And you too Emily." She added, trying to make her feel comfortable too.

We all drank our coffee and talked a little about our plans for tomorrow. We decided to go look for a grocery store first thing in the morning and explore the house and it surroundings.

"I'm so tired" Grace yawned and it seemed to be contagious, since we all started yawning after her. "Looks like I'm not the only one who's tired here…" Grace smiled at the picture of all of us. "Maybe we should go and look for the bedrooms now…" She offered.

"That's an excellent idea, honey" Lily said. 

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