The Sounds of Villa San Lorenzo

Each night while falling asleep, we hear the gentle sounds of the wind mixed with animal and bird sounds in the distance. Every hour three churches ring their bells, but they are slightly staggered in timing. It is a charming sound to which I could easily become accustomed. At noon, since the bells chime twelve times, the bells overlap at three different pitches, creating a dissonant and strangely peaceful song. At 5:45 each morning the approximately ten million varieties of birds begin their morning chorus. It wakes me up each time then puts me right back to sleep.