1. A morning trip to Caffe Fiorella; un cappuccino for me, un caffe doppio (double espresso) for Reed, and nothing for Mr. O (because coffee is not good for dogs!).......
2. Most likely a trip to the grocery store........in fact, today we walked 45 minutes each way to Coop so we could get large potatoes to make baked potatoes and light bulbs (the grocery store near us does not have light bulbs-go figure). Too bad we forgot to get the light bulbs! But we did manage to pick up some taco sauce (which is really salsa not taco sauce) and some sour cream. I think we might be having Mexican food in the near future. Just a guess.......
3. Have a little wine...sometimes really great wine and sometimes, well....straight out of a water bottle! Honestly, it is not as bad as it sounds. There are a number of small wine shops that sell vino sfuso (unbottled wine). Sometimes it is actually a lot better than the stuff you get at the store (for a comparable price). Today, we went to one place and it was BYOB-Bring your own bottle: they fill it up, it costs somewhere around 3-4 Euros for 1.5 liters and you are good to go!
4. Take Mr. O to his park which is quite beautiful and has breathtaking views looking south (pictured below at sunrise)....
5. Reed heads off to make desserts at Osteria Le Logge.......
6. I practice my Italian a few days a week with my friend Cristina.......
7. And, we're busy taking advantage of this great opportunity to travel, including meeting up with some fellow expats here in Italy. We leave bright and early on Saturday to head to the Veneto to meet up with Lawren, Steve, and Mary (fellow Charlottesvillians!!!) and to get to see Verona and Venice! And Tania and Keith have invited us out to Cortona later this month to stay with them in their very own newly purchased Tuscan farmhouse. Oliver will be busy playing with their two dogs, Porter and Murphy!.......Can't wait!
On a note unrelated to Italy......before we left Charlottesville, Reed filmed an episode for public television. It just aired but can be seen online. If you want to watch him make his Tuna sashimi and Avocado pizza check it out here! (He is episode 120.) I think he did a great job!
Tomorrow we head to the market that is held every Wednesday near the Fortezza. The market mostly has household items, clothing, and misc. stuff. I was told that it also has food (we've never seen any! Hmmm!) and that supposedly some men drive up every Wednesday from Napoli to sell fresh mozzarella. Hopefully we are successful because we have some pizza dough thawing in the fridge right now!
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