Italy Day 3, Thursday, October 6, Rome to Pieve and Chianciano After the Hotel Albani’s elaborate breakfast offerings of eggs, ham, bacon, cheeses, yogurts, breads, pastries, fruit of all kinds, cereals and delicious coffees we chose our selections and prepared for the rainy travel day ahead. Our original party of four, Donna, John, my husband Dave and I settled into our seats on the bus along with 27 other Grand Circle tourists and watched Rome with its unique orange colored stone buildings pass away on our journey north to Tuscany. The color of stone used in buildings throughout Italy is as unique to the area as the landscape they sit on. Elegant and tall Maritime Pines punctuated the urban landscape. These tall stately pines with their dark green umbrella tops are as much a part of
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