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Italia , 18$/Gal Avgas
I have not updated the Blog for while , got so busy in Europa , especially in Switzerland with my Family , staying with Mother and all my sibling Elsi, Rene , Werner ,Bruno, Daniel and there Family that the 3Month in Europa went by in no time.
Trying to catch up now while Im in Florida trying to sell the House.
Flying from North to south in Switzerland takes about 20minutes in the SX and one gets really busy with all the Airspace restrictions ,MOA,s ...
Farewell Italia
Our 80 days in Italy have been so happy and it has been such a wrench to leave our beautiful friends. Sal and Rog have made this journey possible for us and we have loved every minute of it. We have laughed our way through the whole journey. We are now on an Alitalia flight to Roma then on to Bodrum via Istanbul. I do hope this will be a smooth transition as we have had some difficulty with Pegasus Airlines and after an email this morning from them saying ...
Wine - start to almost finish
... that squashed those grapes was enough for me to say NO. Then there was the clean up and of course we all ended up wet and covered in grape refuse - was fun. Benadetta arrived with lunch which was splendid crumbed and fried ricotta, lasagne, roasted peppers and caponata - red wine of course. Franco usually takes the grapes to a commercial wine stores in San Vito but since the tax has been imposed on the squashed grape remnants which are used to make grappa - they have shut up shop ...
Lecce
... up at the fabulous buildings and monuments. The churches are ornate both inside and out. Lecce dates back to the time of the Trojan Wars then the city was conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. Lecce was governed by the Byzantine Empire from 549 AD for 5 centuries. The Normas conquered the city in the 11th century and Lecce began to grow as a commercial center for the area. Roman Amphitheater ...
The long lunch
... fridge awaiting tomorrows preparation. Sunday 26 August Up early to get to bernadettas for cooking - via the Sunday cake shop as it is always polite to take cakes when visiting. Sal and I dropped off - greeted warmly by Benadetta and Franco - the cooking starts. The kitchen is quite small so with four of us in there it was a bit cramped but benadetta was in charge - many instructions to Franco in furious Italian - he following exact instructions. Firstly there was ...
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