Busy Monday, quiet Tuesday
Monday was a busy day at the train station. Mom & Dad got there at 8:30 to meet the bus to the Pisa airport, and Alli and Beth went with them. The flight from Pisa was delayed, so they had some extra time to spend near the leaning tower and get some lunch.
The boys caught their train to Rome at 9:30, and we think they're doing okay. They are planning to return to Florence on Thursday, and we have arranged for a tour of Tuscany on Friday, with a lunch out in the country at an old farm house.
I did some work in the morning, and then took students to Nuovo Pignone, a manufacturing plant that is part of GE. They make giant machines for the oil and gas industry (pumps and compressors), and the tour through the plant was pretty neat.
Monday night we were all tired, so we had a quiet dinner at Porcellino -- a place known for the wild boar, although it is only in season in the winter. But the other food we had was good, including the fresh prosciutto e melon (ham and melon).
Tuesday was work at school day -- I am grading student work and Allison is working on her website for her classmates. You can see it at http://italianalli.pbwiki.com
And please notice that there are some new picture links in the entry after this one. I am still working on the Rome pictures from Saturday, and they should be available later in the week. We have a all-day trip tomorrow to visit the production facilities for Lamborghini and Ducati.
