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In October 1997, I was living in the Italian town of Spello and walking around east central Umbria with occasional small train trips outside Umbria, to Rome and elsewhere.
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Sep. 29 continued:
Bevagna
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the theatre
and
the amphitheatre
and a problem. Yesterday Sep. 30: James and I visit
Arezzo.
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October 2
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 1: we visit the
Roman bridge
and medieval town of
Narni.
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October 4‑6
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 2: by bus from Perugia to Gubbio and visit of
Gubbio.
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Oct. 3: I take James to the airport in Rome; then have an excellent Sardinian seafood lunch.
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October 9
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 3, continued: skating in Marino
Oct. 4‑5: catch my breath at home in Spello, and meet Peter and June Oct. 6: walk to Collepino, S. Giovanni di Spello where I see some real earthquake damage, Valtopina and the high Romanesque church at S. Giovanni Profiamma. On the way, I "discover" (!) a piece of Roman road. Oct. 7: I tour Peter and June thru Todi and some small towns in the area. Oct. 8: the Mayor of Spello evicts Peter and June as an earthquake safety precaution. |
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October 11‑12
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— Diary not kept —
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October 13
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Part 1: Oct. 8, continued: walk to Stroncone and the ruined and vandalized monastery of S. Simeone. Part 2: Oct. 9: Peter and June take me to Norcia and Castelluccio. Part 3: Oct. 10: I walk from Giuncano to Sangémini: the interesting towns of Poggio Lavarino, Macerino and Portaria. The Roman town of Carsulae dispatched in a short paragraph. • Oct. 11: Peter and June and I visit Città di Castello. |
October 14
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 12: a circular walk, first from Spello to
Fiamenga
and
Búdino
(another "discovery") and
Bevagna
following the Roman
Via Flaminia;
a careful visit of Bevagna, and back home by another route.
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October 16
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 13: A train trip and a visit to
Fano
on the Adriatic coast
Oct. 14: I travel by train to Rome with Orlando and Giuliana, my landlady's parents, who've invited me to stay with them at their country house near Rome. |
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Brief entry: train trip to Marino on Tuesday 14.
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Oct. 15:
how not to do the Via Appia.
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Part 1: Oct. 16: walked to Nemi and visited the empty hull of the Museum of the Roman Ships. Skating in Marino. • Oct. 17: via Appia the right way. Skating. • Oct. 18: nothing much: train trip back to Spello. Part 2: Oct. 19: walked from Spoleto to Foligno via the great Romanesque church of S. Brizio and the towns of La Bruna and Castel Ritaldi. Also Pieve S. Gregorio, a very small Romanesque church with some magnificent sculpture. |
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October 21
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— Diary not kept —
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Yesterday I visited
Rimini
— mostly the great
Roman bridge
and the Renaissance
Tempio Malatestiano
— and today a brief excursion to the
Republic of San Marino.
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October 24
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— Diary not kept —
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Yesterday I visited
Ostia, which is wonderful. Skating in Marino and an unexpected return to Spello.
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October 26‑28
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 25: a surreptitious visit of the
amphitheatre of Spello
with a more regular look at
S. Claudio
after the earthquake damage, also at the
Villa Fidelia.
Oct. 26: walked from Trevi to Bevagna |
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October 30
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— Diary not kept —
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Oct. 27: a day in Todi, with a short walk in the early morning to see the Romanesque church of
S. Maria in Pantano
near Massa Martana.
Oct. 28: a miserable afternoon in Foligno in the rain Oct. 29: Rome — walked the Via Flaminia from the Forum to the Milvian Bridge, then lunch outdoors in the cold rain in front of the Pantheon; skating in Marino. |
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