Tuscany Day Three: Pienza and Orvieto

Day #3 - up and out on the bus by nine. We are tired and sore but still ready to go :)

First stop - the Town of Pienza! Famous for their Pecorino cheese and their cheese rolling competitions every year on the first Sunday of September (wish we could've seen it). But it was a cute little town which I think was roughly the same size as CUA's campus. We didn't spend much time here, but just enough to check out the shops and major church before heading out to Orvieto. Best photo I got from this town was the bathroom (no I didn't use it), you can see why:

I mean, bathrooms aren't really standardized in Europe.

We got to Orvieto around 1pm or so - and spent quite a bit of time in this town just walking around and exploring. I found a shop where I bought myself a beautiful leather wallet :)  and some others found clothing stores, gelato, and great views from the top of the town. We also, of course, visited the Duomo and the place where St. Thomas Aquinas spent much of his life. After lunch (last meal in Tuscany), we left and arrived back in Rome around 7pm. This was the first overnight trip with the program, the first of many, and it was a HUGE success! I look forward to Venice the weekend after the next!

this is from the bus - the town of Orvieto is in the distance

Duomo :)

Ciao Ragazzi!!