Italy Journal
Mon/Tues May 5/6, 2014
Days 3/4 Bra: THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD EATING GOING ON!
I can only say that we are on vacation and in Italy. This is
what Italians do…eat, drink and be merry!
Monday night was extra special. Our pasta friends Mara and
Valerio invited us to have dinner at their house with another family that
wanted to get to know us! We were honored to join all of them, and the supper
was superb! Everyone should have the opportunity to eat such a delicious meal
at least once in his/her life! We all spoke whatever language that came out of
our mouths, and it seemed to work out just fine. It was so very good to be with
all of you! Grazie mille!
Tuesday’s special treats included eating, too. Our dear
friend Elettra, who is Lisa and Enzo’s niece, met me at Bar Chiavassa, a
favorite café in Bra, for lunch. We
shared one of their dinner salads and a sandwich, then took a long walk to the
Big Store to take Peter’s clothes to the dry cleaner. On the way, Elettra told
me all about the physical therapy center by the Mediterranean Sea, where she is
doing an internship. She is really doing well, and I so enjoyed the gelato that
we got on the way back home. By the end of the afternoon, we had talked and
walked all over Bra! Thank you. ,Elettra, for a wonderful day. I’ll see you in
September!
Which leads us to yet
another memorable meal! Alberto, our former neighbor and the wine expert for
Slow Food, invited us and our friend/his colleague Elisabeth to his condo (in
the complex where we used to live!) for a wine tasting dinner. Alberto knows
more about wine than I know even existed, and he loves to host events where his
guests taste a wine, then try to guess what kind of wine it is, how old it is,
where it is from, etc. It’s called a “blind tasting.” I am no good at that at
all, but we all had fun with Alberto guiding us through each wine with a happy
glint in his eye. We had so much fun! Thank you, Alberto! We so enjoyed this
evening!
Enjoy the extra pictures of Valerio, the student whose
apartment we are using while he is gone (WITH his passport!)! An extra picture
of Konny, the chef and student at UNISG is there, too! And, don’t miss to
hopscotch from the sky to the earth.
Ciao!
Colleen
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