Their mission? To find a specific, hidden Renaissance fresco in a tiny, hilltop village. Spoiler alert: they failed for about forty-five minutes. They walked in circles so many times, they probably invented a new geometry.
At one point, Rylan convinced Rob that a local donkey was “definitely giving directions.” Rob just stared at him, his face a perfect mask of “I’ve made a terrible mistake.” It was magnificent television.
A Lesson in Italian Charming
They finally asked for help from an old nonna who was hanging laundry. She spoke only Italian and gestured wildly. Rylan, in a stroke of genius, responded by miming a painting and then pointing at his own face. The nonna laughed so hard she nearly dropped her washcloth.
Rob, meanwhile, had given up and was trying to communicate via interpretive dance. Let me tell you, a man in linen trousers doing the "lost tourist" shuffle is not a pretty sight. But eventually, she pointed them in the right direction.
