Today we travel by train to our time share in Tuscany, Borgo di Vagli. We need to get to Stazione Termini at least an hour before our train leaves at 0900, because it's a vast station and you never know how far you have to walk to get to the correct platform until your train appears on the schedule board. Fortunately the taxi arrived on time and the traffic is light on Saturday mornings. At first there seemed to be conflicting information as to the platform number, but it soon coalesced to "binario 1 est". Roughly translated, it meant your platform is in east Jesus, the extreme east side of the station. It was crucial that we get on this train; otherwise, the car rental agency in Terontola would close and the domino effect would take over, spelling vacation disaster.
As it were, the gods favored us, and off we went into the Italian countryside . . . . . .but, not so fast. The gods never let you forget who's in charge. We were in out seats congratulating ourselves on how much room we had with all the empty seats. At precisely 8:55, the Visigoths descended on our car carrying tons of luggage, crying babies, shouting into cell phones, hurling bags over us onto the racks above our seats, and sending wafts of human BO through the car. The gods have a way of setting us straight.
The two hour trip was pleasant enough, and our car was waiting for us at the rental agency. We drove through Camucia, the modern town at the base of Cortona to Ristorante Pizzeria Cantanapoli, a nice restaurant on the edge of town with Neapolitan style food. A standout dish was the linguine with lobster. After, we had fun food shopping at the COOP, an Italian supermarket chain, because we would be doing much of our own cooking for the next few days at Borgo di Vagli.
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