What a Day!

So last night was White Night in Rome. And that is a whole other story which I do not want to go into right now (it is somewhat lengthy, and a very touchy subject right now).

This morning I got up and went with the rest of my friends to the buses waiting in the local square and got on bus headed for Todi, a hill town about two hours north of Rome in the Ubria region of Italy (Rome is in Lazio). It was a lovely day (though a VERY long hike up a mountain to get to). Coincidentally for any of you who like Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet, Todi is the town in which the public areas, at least, were filmed. I will have the pictures up tomorrow of the square and it is readily recognizable as the square for the famous "Do you bite your thumb at me, sir..." schpeel. After shopping at the flea market, and looking at the local churches (of course), we headed back to the buses to take about an hour ride to Titignano.

Titignano is a medieval castle/fortress which has been restored and made into a sort of resort. Here, he had a fantastic (and quite long--3 hours) meal. The menu follows:

IN ORDER:
a. Various pizzas and crustini in the square--with acqua fizzante (sprakling water)
b. Cheese and salame and prosciutto (from local products).
b2. Cheese/crust melty thing
c. Risotto with asparagus
d. Pasta (not sure on the name, but wide and long) with Boar sauce
e. Venison and green beans
f. Grill of Chicken, Venison, Lamb, and/or Boar with roasted potatoes
g. Salad
h. Tramisu (with ALOT of kahlua)
i. Vino Santo (sweet white dessert wine) with biscotti for dipping.
j. Peaches and Strawberries.
k. Caffe (NOT cappuchino--NEVER drink cappuchino after a meal, very much un-Italian)

Don't worry, I bought a bottle of the Vino Santo and some biscotti and amaretti cookies to remember the meal--although lucky me, I get to do it all again next semester!

Ciao!
RomanTraveller