We had a great time the next day at another small town that was an ancient castle called Castel Vieto. Parts of it have been renovated into a “modern” Italy home but in the old world style. There was a particularly friendly senior citizen who came out and befriended the students in class. Early in the day, she brought out espresso coffee to a couple of the guys close by and offered us the use her bathroom, which as a good thing because there were none near by. Jason was originally going to ferry us back to Corciano once during the day for that purpose. Bagno 
(pronounced bah-nyo, bathrooms) are few and far between in Italy. Jason told us to use that bathroom (or toilet) whenever you see one whether you have to go or not! Here is a photo of me and Jen with our hostess from Castel Vieto. She was not deterred by the language barrier. Jen and Alison spoke a bit of Italian so with that and a lot of gestures, we communicated with her. She showed us her handmade linens and doilies, and told us about her family. Now that is Italian hospitality!
It has been getting hot over the last couple days and this day it was 98 degrees with high humidity. We were all roasting and one student got over heated. I only did one painting this day because it was so hot. I've included pictures of our group critique at the peak of the heat. 
Our friendly hostess came and offered us hot espresso and even in the heat, five people took up her offer! I guess the coffee was that good
I've included another photo of our hostess talking with Jason and Alison. My painting for that day is the first image in this journal entry.
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