Monday

Over the road from us is a little bar and non touristy restaurant. We had coffee and a croissant ( not on my diet)  there then went to the tourist bureau. I had read they opened at 9.30 but, unfortunately, it was 10. We went to look at the remains of an old Roman ampitheatre. After getting a proper map from the tourist office,  and trying with no success to get a map of the local buses  from the nearby transport office, ( well, the man behind the desk said he had none, so I  took a,photo of the map on the wall)  we had another coffee . We went to Tim,  the modem shop, had to wait for about 20 minutes, took ages while the girl fiddled, saw that it worked for her, came back to the apartment and , unfortunately, it would not work for us. Back to the shop, tried again. Back here it worked, but it does not work continuously. We are not bothering any more.

I was ready for my large glass of sangiovese with lunch.

I planned a route for the afternoon, which  did not quite work out but it was a very relaxing afternoon. About 300 m from us is the main piazza in Arezzo. It was almost deserted so we sat at a table on the edge and looked at all the lovely buildings over a fruit juice. Then we walked up the hill to a fort at the top of the hill. It was closed on Mondays. We pottered around the park adjacent to the old walls looking at the views over the eastern Tuscan countryside for a while. Looking at the Duomo was next on the list, but instead we had a drink from a little bar in the middle of the park ( second drink of the day not on my diet) watching the hills.