Retail Therapy

Yesterday's cold, rainy day in Rome was kind of a bust because of the weather. We cut our sightseeing short because we were just miserable.

So today we celebrated the sunny (but still very cold) weather by shopping! We visited a leather workshop that hand-stitches and constructs high-end leather goods for the major labels such as Furla (my personal favorite). They also design a few of their own brands. Of course they sell some of these these goods to the visiting tour groups, and of course I had to buy something. Here is my dreadfully expensive but gorgeous new bag (not a Furla):

We also visited the charming medieval town of Orvieto, which can be reached only by funicular as it is at the top of a mountain of volcanic tufa rock. Because it is Sunday, we were able to check out the big cathedral between masses while the scent of incense was still hanging in the air and the organist was practicing.