Tue 14 Oct- left for an 8 am appointment for the PT/INR test before breakfast, walked to the clinic as the sun was coming up in about 20 minutes, where the doctor met us and filled out the forms for the blood draw and test in about 2 minutes. Then we waited inside about 5 minutes until the nurse took passport and copied the information to the medical form; waited about another 5 minutes to be called, blood drawn and ciao. In and out in less than 20 minutes. Walked back to the hotel in time for breakfast. The results of the test were faxed to the hotel about 1 pm, and faxed by the hotel to Kaiser soon thereafter. I had the evaluation back from Kaiser before we went to dinner.
After breakfast we read and worked a while until it warmed up to about 18-19 C. We had planned to visit the Villa Mylius Vigoni in Menaggio, but found out (fortunately before we left the hotel) that the villa is only open on Thursdays for tours. So instead we walked over to Pescallo for the exercise up and down there, then up and down back again, ready for a beer/cappuccino break.
Kiyomi took Stan shopping and we ended up with three shirts and a pair of stretch jeans. They offered free alterations to shirt sleeve length and jeans. The shirts are high quality material, and with the minor alterations, nicely sized and fitted for Stan.
We read and worked before dinner, then checked email and Internet for places to stay in Florence.
For dinner we had: 1/2 liter house red wine; a huge amount of shrimp cocktail with mayonnaise sauce as appetizer; pipette pasta greengrocer style (mixed cooked vegetables) and trenette pasta with basil pesto sauce for first plate; escalope cordon bleu and pork cutlet with rosemary, sandy potatoes & fennel root for second plate; lemon sorbet and profiteroles for dessert.
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