Camere Con Vista
Travel Blogs from Pitigliano
Car hire for 3 days over
... of a vineyard area.......so much more to this story but not enough room. Drove back inland today, small winding roads into tiny towns, no one else on the road thank goodness, went through forest areas, olive tree areas, more walled towns, forts, vineyards. Saw landslide affected area from floods of 5 days ago, roads closed. Ended up at orvieto, dropped car off heading towards amalfi coast tomorrow. Oh no iPad s full so can,t upload any photos. ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... piled in from all over and it became nearly impossible to get anywhere on Corso Vanucci. 150 chocolate brands are represented at the festival with Perugina, Lindt, and Milka being the "anchors". There are chocolate fondu fountains, hot chocolate stands, chocolate sculptures; there are bars of chocolate of almost any variety you can think of, except caramel and cinnamon, both of which are difficult to find in Italy, in any form (which ...
New Friends and a Great Meal
... us still wanting white wine so we order a half liter of the house white wine for Carol. I think there is almost a half liter of very good red wine in my glass. Next comes our two pasta dishes, umbrichelli with spinach, pancetta, and cheese and the umbrichelli with truffles. The truffle dish is loaded with shaved truffles on top. They are both incredible and we can't believe how much truffles they put on top of the pasta and in the butter and olive oil sauce. This is bad as now ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... the BNB so Carol can rest. Later, she is still not up to going out so I go to find her some medicine and food. I find the pharmacy and pick up some pills for her tummy and some Tylenol. Then I walk around a find Ristorante Pizzeria Charlie. How can I not order from here. I order a Margherita pizza and a tartufano pizza, which is sausage and truffles. When I get back we feast in the Room and the truffles pizza is amazing. Sausage and truffles on top ...
Carols 50th is not as Planned
... snap a few photos. On the walk back, I stop in the Tabacchi shop to buy bus tickets as the bus tomorrow leaves before they open. Unfortunately, Carol is still feeling a bit under the weather so we just have some pasta and she has water with her meal. Not a great way to celebrate her 50th, we return to the room so she can rest. I will make it up to her another evening. Happy 50th Honey! CNC While my birthday girl is resting, I think and reflect on our journey. " "Having ...