Luca switched our job today from wood cutting and stacking to transplanting strawberries and digging the old potatoes out of the plots. the plots are really amazing because they are on a steep slope. all the flat land has now been built on with homes or hotels, so the only land left is on the mountain side. when we started this morning our hands were freezing because it takes a long time for the sun to come over the mountain, however, this afternoon it got really hot and we became delusional singing songs and reenacting the "count of monte cristo". We are currently enjoying beer and appertivo (complimentry) at a local bar. Luca and elena said they are making fish and chips tonight.
Last night we had a wonderful dinner at JJ (lucas dad and the place we stay). He is a wine connesouir, so we had three different wines paired with each portion of our meal. First a simple blush wine to pair with egg plant, tuna pasta; then a complex white wine with seared sword fish and green beans, then to top it off we had a traditional sweet easter bread with a dessert wine. Luca said it was a Sicilian meal!
Tomorrow we go hiking with JJ hopefully, it is good because it forces us to try our Italian with him.
Hope all is well! love zabeth and dill
diza, another excellent report. I want to make my diet entirely italian after reading about your meals. Having seen the photos of you two manhauling tons of hay to the goats, I am relieved you are adequately fed. later, DAD
ReplyDeleteDang it.....my phone didnt ring when u tried to FaceTime me! Errr I just noticed and it was an hour ago! Well I tune on to your blog everyday and I hope I can answer the next FaceTime! Get on facebook Zabeth and email me!! :)
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