Friday, July 18, 2014

Day 13 - hanging out around the villa

Today, being our last full day in Le Marche, we decided to have a quiet day hanging out around the villa and in Macerata, the town nearby. 

There are a few pictures though that I had to get.  These are views that we see everyday, and I absolutely needed to stop and get some pictures.

First are the sunflower fields.  They are everywhere, but usually not very convenient to stop and snap a photo.  However, there is one right near our villa on a not too busy street.  Here are some photos.






Then, everyday as we drive into Macerata, we come around a corner and get an amazing view of the city. It's never all that convenient to stop there, but on the last day, we needed to.





Got to Macerata, and it was fairly crowded for a Thursday morning.  We discovered walking around that it was graduation day for the University students.  You can identify them by the laurel wreaths that they are wearing around their heads.



Got to see the open air opera.  As I mentioned, the festival starts tonight, so we'll miss it.  The other night, when I thought there was a dress rehearsal, it was actually a showing, but just for the University students.  So, although we heard it, we did not get to see it. 

However, we were able see the theatre.






All in all, a beautiful part of Italy.  Now we leave for Rome, to begin our journey home.  We drive through a National Park, so I should get a few more beautiful pictures.


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