Urbino..beyond the foothills in Marche

The photograpgh of Dr. Fantoni, Dr. Medicus and the group was taken on the balcony of Palazzo Ducale. Urbino the home to artist Raphael and the artistic center noted for its painting school during the Renaissance. Urbino sits in the beautiful hills of Marche, a region four hours north of Florence by tourbus. Trust me an Italian sports car riding over countryside switchbacks doesn't make you sick like a tourbus and is a hell of a lot more fun! I'll share that with you later in the journal when I tell of Greve in Chianti.

Marche is a central region of Italy on the east coast composed of rolling hills and fertile plains at the base of the Apennine mountains. Umbria is to the west, Emilia-Romagna where my family originated is to the north, and Abruzzo to the south.