There are 6 of us left and today we broke into two groups.
Karen, Recia, and Ken set out for Cinque Terre in the north. You will find out what happens to that trio tomorrow. I hope they enjoy the scenery.
Sue, Linda, and I headed for the chocolate festival in Perugia which is located 3 hours south of our villa in the province of Umbria. Perugia is rather large with many people coming and going. We managed to find parking and the chocolate train took us into "old" town and to the festival.
It was like being at the CNE in Toronto but with more people crammed into a few streets. Everything was chocolate! I began with a chocolate sandwich which was a cake folder and stuffed with shaved chocolate and covered in whipped cream.
Then I proceeded to eat a giant piece of chocolate cake smothered in hot chocolate sauce. Linda had a piece of vanilla chocolate and Sue just had a taste.
We moved along to taste all the free samples and then purchased tons of chocolate to bring home.
Well, maybe we will eat it on the plane as we cross the Atlantic. On the return trip, we drove around lake Trasimeno. We stopped for a mid afternoon snack in a small village on the lake known as Bacca. There was a group of protestors with signs standing on the dock chanting ...."lago liberino" as the developers were trying to privatize the lake. I joined the protest while Linda and Susan sat and ate their tomato sandwiches.
The afternoon sun was warm and the lake was beautiful. I guess shit happens all over the world. I think the developers wanted to build condos and prevent the locals from having access to the water. We had an uneventful drive back to Volterra and the 3 of us enjoyed a simple supper with a little Mick Jagger music. (John's favourite.)
"A lake that seems a lapwing egg; precious, delicate grey olive trees, cool sea, green shell".
Virginia Woolf 1882-1941
Karen, Recia, and Ken set out for Cinque Terre in the north. You will find out what happens to that trio tomorrow. I hope they enjoy the scenery.
Sue, Linda, and I headed for the chocolate festival in Perugia which is located 3 hours south of our villa in the province of Umbria. Perugia is rather large with many people coming and going. We managed to find parking and the chocolate train took us into "old" town and to the festival.
It was like being at the CNE in Toronto but with more people crammed into a few streets. Everything was chocolate! I began with a chocolate sandwich which was a cake folder and stuffed with shaved chocolate and covered in whipped cream.
Then I proceeded to eat a giant piece of chocolate cake smothered in hot chocolate sauce. Linda had a piece of vanilla chocolate and Sue just had a taste.
We moved along to taste all the free samples and then purchased tons of chocolate to bring home.
Well, maybe we will eat it on the plane as we cross the Atlantic. On the return trip, we drove around lake Trasimeno. We stopped for a mid afternoon snack in a small village on the lake known as Bacca. There was a group of protestors with signs standing on the dock chanting ...."lago liberino" as the developers were trying to privatize the lake. I joined the protest while Linda and Susan sat and ate their tomato sandwiches.
The afternoon sun was warm and the lake was beautiful. I guess shit happens all over the world. I think the developers wanted to build condos and prevent the locals from having access to the water. We had an uneventful drive back to Volterra and the 3 of us enjoyed a simple supper with a little Mick Jagger music. (John's favourite.)
"A lake that seems a lapwing egg; precious, delicate grey olive trees, cool sea, green shell".
Virginia Woolf 1882-1941
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