The view at Pienza
On Saturday I took the local bus to Pienza, a small town about 20 minutes away from Montepulciano. I managed to misremember the route to the bus station from the house, and took a really hilly alternate way.
The historic district in Pienza is much smaller than the one in Montepulciano. It was easily seen in a few hours. I would say Pienza definitely has the feeling of a much smaller town, and is very tidy – every house has some kind of flowers planted. The main distinguisher has to be the number of Pecorino cheese shops.
Some things just don't translate well into English
Also, there were an extreme number of swallows flying around. Which I guess is good for keeping down bugs, but was very noisy.
I found the the view I wanted to draw right away. I stood leaning on the stone wall of the overlook, close to the Via dell’Amore. I think I got a little more tan on my left side from the sun rising in the east. Not to much interesting happened during the drawing. The number of tourists increased drastically after around 11 am. I lost track of time for sure during this drawing. It was probably from the sun, definitely should have drunk more water during thie morning. Since I was feeling like I’d been outside in the sun too long, I took the earlier bus back to Montepulciano, and this time took the less hilly route back. Then I had a nice footwarmer.
This is Paulanka
There is no Italian term for Golden Retriever. A lot of new things that need terms default to the English word. Paulanka’s current issue is that wild wheat keeps getting stuck in his fur and poking him 🙁 He is very happy when you find one and pull out.