Posted in Orvieto Italy on October 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Our last day in Orvieto for the fall 2016 season was one of beautiful light and welcoming entryways. This really is a beautiful city. It is worth getting off the main streets and wandering the back lanes. Charming, quiet, delightful. Too few people do it – sadly for them. Enjoy!
Already looking forward to 2017!!
Posted in Parma, Travel Information on October 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Today was clouds and rain and cold all day. But we wanted to get out and explore so we did. First things first – food!! When we arrived late yesterday most things were closed – seems Thursday is the day a lot of places don’t open in the afternoon. But we did spy T cafe so headed there this morning first thing. It is a cozy place with great pastries – pastries are big here, lots of pasticerrias.
T Caffe
Bello
While walking in the morning we spied another place that looked good – Lino’s Coffee. Way better coffee this afternoon, so we will try it tomorrow for breakfast. They have a world map with locations coffees comes from and great graphics showing the different kind of coffee drinks you can get.
Lino’s Coffee, Via della Cooperazone 7/A
The graphics
Verdi, who is from here is quoted, “Coffee is balm for the heart and soul.”
Close up
Parma is known for its ham, parmigiano, and several pastas including tortelli, a big ravioli. Kristi had the tortelli stuffed with artichokes for lunch. I had pasta with culatello, one of the many varieties of ham. It was fabulous – like carbonara but with the slices of ham. This was at Trattoria del Tribunale.
Trattoria del Tribunale, Vicolo Politi 5
There are plenty of shops selling ham and parmigiano.
Salumeri Verdi – Via Garibaldi 69/A
Did I say it was raining?
They love their bikes here, and the rain doesn’t stop them.
The cathedral is an impressive building along with its pink eight sided baptistry. When I get inside a church like this I am reminded of how light and airy the duomo in Orvieto is.
We went into an old pharmacy dating to about 1000 a.d. The following picture is from the poison room, where glass beakers of all shapes and sizes hung on the wall created some bizarre shadows.
My foot gives some perspective as to the size of this mortar and pestle
This is a city full of color and brick. Such fun.
And it is a city of impossibly tiny shops. This one on Via Garibaldi, has wonderful pastries and breads.
We’re hoping for some sun tomorrow!
Posted in Orvieto Italy on October 11, 2016| 3 Comments »
Today has been cloudy with some rain. But there is still much to see. After a walk around town I dropped down to the mid level walk that circles the city half way down from the top. At times you feel like you are in the country!!
Entry to the fort
Entry to the city through Porta Maggiore – nature and man-made
Monastery in the background
A private olive orchard and vineyard
Another olive orchard
Bucolic!
Make Haste Slowly 