Well, I'm not really lost. It's just that where we are staying is so remote that I could think I was.

We are in a region called the 'Garfagnana', right up in the north of Tuscany. We have rented a villa owned by an Australian woman, and it is situated in a teeny town up a hillside. The view from my bedroom window is fanstastic... I can see rolling, forest-covered hills, small medieval towns, a magnificent fortress, and mountains in the distance....
Right now, I am in a town a little further down the valley, and, while it is a bit bigger, I am on what I believe to be the only internet point (on the only computer) in the valley. Haha...

Last night, we went to a local festival. It was in a little pair of medieval towns nearby, and it was dedicated to 'faro', which was some form of grain (I thought it looked a lot like wheat). Anyway, it was quite entertaining, and very well organised for such a remote vilage festival. We payed at a 'cassa' (counter) at the beginning, and went through a series of stations, each where we were served a small portion of food, usually made from this grain (when I say 'usually', it is because we were served things like sausages and ribs.... haha) as well as wine (there were 8 stations, and you could have a glass, or more, of wine at each of them!!).
Perhaps the most entertaining things to be seen at the festival were not actually part of the stations per se. The first was an old Fiat 500, in racing livery with fat (and flat) tires and a MASSIVE engine which protruded from the rear of the car, parked on wooden blocks, apparently a monument of sorts. I'll show you guys a pic sometime-
Anyway, my dad wants to use the computer, so I had better be wrapping this up...

PS: Let me just say again how much I detest the european keyboard layout... so annoying...