Apr 25- ready for a visit to Gubbio, in Umbria, another of the beautiful medieval towns on our itinerary. It’s also one of the towns that Franco Zefferelli used when he made the movie of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Last night we stayed in the village of Branca, a short distance from Gubbio, at the first of some of the ‘agriturismo’ accomodations on our trip.  This is similar to bed and breakfast places in the rest of the world, except that they are located in the countryside, hence the ‘agri’ part of the term, and turismo - being tourism. It was a bit of a hair raising drive up a very steep dirt road, but oh the view!  Gubbio like other hill towns, features architecture dating back to single digit centuries, and increasing in size as each war and subsequent occupation resulted in expansion. Narrow streets make driving very difficult, and require some pretty clever maneuvering to make some of the turns, and some white knuckle driving thrown in. A small car is the smartest thing, but given that we will be driving some 2500 miles before we’re done, it didn’t seem to be the most comfortable vehicle to consider. So far so good, tho - no scrapes, or dents! We’re also going today to see the farmhouse a few miles outside Gubbio which is owned by some friends of mine. They haven’t used much of late. I’ve heard about it for some time now, and just had to see for myself, and take a few pictures for them