Orta: Day 2 … Peaceful

Up at 6:00a. Finished the laundry. Then sat out on the balcony and did some writing.

Comfortably crisp morning temperature; dew on the grass in the courtyard; barely audible piano melodies from one of the nearby houses … someone practicing perhaps; birds chirping unseen; carts rolling on the cobblestone streets and alleys every once in a while … perhaps carrying goods to nearby establishments; an early-morning stroller or two; church bells tolling the time. Very peaceful. So nice, in fact, that I didn’t even mind the overcast skies.

When breakfast was ready, I joined Mui inside … worried that the bees gathering nectar from the flowers might not give us peace after we brought out the food. Afterward, I went back up to the balcony to relax with a cup of hot tea … Mui joining me with his cup of coffee.

It was definitely best to make the most of our outdoor space this morning since the balcony is in the sun from about mid-afternoon until about 7:30p.

If we had more days in Orta after today, we probably would have stayed home most of the day. As it is, it was soon time to go off and do some sightseeing.Read more