Thursday-June, 3.....no show tonight. Fabio has been kind enough to invite... all 8 of us!--to stay another night at his very excellent apartment: a flat in down-town Itri that could win the award for best sleeping arrangements of the tour--top 3 for sure! Above is a view of the local castle from the balcony. A castle on the top of a near-by hill is a vision that separates a euro-view from an american one. No town here is complete without the giant stone house over-looking the vassals & streets below. The 'mansions on the hill' belonged to wealthy merchants & local over-lords here & not Kings & Queens as I have tended to imagine lording over such buildings. They always appear sad & lonely up there to me. Fabio loves this castle as he has been breaking into it since he was a teenager. Today we'll get the tour.
First a cappuccino. We walk down a stone road that was once a Roman highway from Calabria to Rome. We stop at Fabio's favorite bar. 9 cappuccinos & 9 cornettos-cornettos are pretty much like the croissants we get here- for 10 euros! Try that "world cup!"
A little snack when we reach the top of the hill. I don't know what it is about Italy-the climate, not being at 7000 feet, the culture, the lack of preservatives & sulfites, or who-knows what? but a person can go all day starting with a caffe & then a beer & then another caffe & then a glass of wine & then & caffe corretto (shot of espresso 'corrected' with your favorite addition: Tizio prefers Bailey's. I like grappa) & then some wine with dinner & feel perfectly fine about the whole day. I definitely love this about the country--especially since the same sort of day makes no sense at 'home.'
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