Hotel Serena Rieti

partie en train pour aller voir tivoli. Nous avons passer la journee avec notre couple d'ami canadien a visiter ce petit village dans les montgagnes a l'est de rome. ancien le lieux de retraite des gens riches de rome, il y a quelques villas a visiter dans la region, mais seulement une ouverte en periode hors saison, a meme le villae de tivoli puis nous avons vue un chateau de l'epoque medieval, en plein coeur de la ville! Construit tout juste a cote des ruines d'une ancienne arene romaine

... ceramic store and found a little dish with the iconic olive design and a little egg cup to remind me of the first leg of our romantic journey. Then nap time.

Dinner at home tonight with last night’s leftovers and a sauté of fresh eggplant, tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. We ate outside and enjoyed the caress of the evening breeze. Tomorrow off to Orbetello with our friend Alessandro behind the wheel.

... restaurant to have dinner late, by our standard and arrive a half an hour too early. We had an antipasto as Mike suggested but didn't stop there, we ordered pasta. I had the potato gnocchi with truffles and mascarpone. Marty had the pasta with spicy red sauce. Stuffed with doggy bags in hand, we staggered back down the hill in the cool night air.

... a friend of Mike and Jill’s, drives us to their house near Campello sul Clitunno. We get the full on Italian driving experience and happily arrive in one piece. After a shower and a snack of Mike’s freshly made antipasto of fresh mozzarella, garden tomatoes and homemade pesto, we felt a thousand times better.

Then to dinner with their friends of ex-pats, artist and poets at the local tattoria for more ...

... pareti mancanti che fanno sembrare le stanze delle macabre cartoline. Le vie assolate e desolate. E' tutto così surreale che faccio fatica ad immaginare una città viva, come poteva essere prima del terremoto.
Ci sono soltanto i vigili del fuoco che mettono in sicurezza quel che resta del centro storico.
Le vie d'accesso sono presidiate dalle forze dell'ordine per evitare sciacallaggio.
Ci rechiamo al cosiddetto COM1 per prendere i buoni benzina per l'ambulanza.
L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy annoiatissima

Approfittando degli spostamenti per andare a prendere i farmaci sono riuscita a vedere di persona Onna e Paganica. Le foto non sono diverse da quelle che i giornalisti hanno già pubblicato, ma a per servono per ricordare cosa hanno visto i miei occhi.
In particolare Onna è inquietante; mi ricorda un paesino dell'Angola dopo i bombardamenti...
Che ne sarà? Qual è il futuro di quelli che vivevano lì? Quanto dovranno stare sotto una tenda?

Da brava infermiera non ho potuto fare a meno di andare a vedre l'ospedale de L'Aquila; se ne è tanto parlato.
La struttura principale è in piedi, i danni sono agli impianti e all'interno, chiaramente non l'ho visto, ma ho visto come sono messi adesso i colleghi.
Dire che la situazione è difficile è un ...

... herself.) After we swam in the pool, where I finally got to rock my Italian swimwear, Wendy called us all inside. It was unreal. "C'mon, kids! Time to cook in my Villa!" What is that!? That's ****ing incredible, is what that is! She took us through her kitchen explaining the different recipes and what part of the five course meal we were going to be cooking. Me and Carlos were all over the antipasti dish: Zucchini flowers stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella cheese, dipped in batter ...

... trip was seeing my parents and brother and sister; it was truly surreal, all of us being together considering the circumstances. Sunday night we met my family (who live in Rome) at our hotel and went out to dinner with them. We could only spend about an hour and a half with them, but it was so much fun and we'll be going back in a few weeks. My cousin Giuseppe speaks English very well and I could tell he was getting a kick out of me trying to ...

... just wandering around and looking at everything. It is so interesting to see the different styles, etc., and the food -- WOW! Bought a few little things, but not much. Then we went to lunch in Torgianno at a little place recommended to us by the owner of our villa. It was awesome! The meals here consist of an appetizer, primo piatti (first course) which usually consists of pasta, secondi (meat), vegetable (I forget what they call it), and ...