Mood:
happyWell, I'm certianly not hungary! -I'll tell you that!
Kimberly made a modest feast for three as we sat down to the table this year. She made a turkey, but not a whole one. It was a turkey roast which was the perfect size. We had that, corn, purple potatoes (spelled in the Qualian style (no one will get that, but I did it for me...)), green beans, and home made apple pie. It was fantastic!
Did I really say "purple potatos"?!? No. I said potatoes, but we'll move past that. Yes, the potatos were purple. Last weekend, we went on a last minute road trip to three of the coolest small towns ever. First, we stopped in San Gimignano, which I wrote about originally several years ago. It is a cool town, hundreds of years old, that still exists within it's old walls and towers. We stopped in there simply because it's a great town and we were close.
After San Gimignano, we headed out for Siena, which is the town sort-of central to Tuscany that hosts the famous horse race each year where all of the Tuscan villages bring forth their "Champion" and they race around the old town square. You may have seen this in the last James Bond movie. Whatever. It's an annual event, NOT taking place while we were there, but we went to see the town anyway. It's a neet town with some real upscale shopping opportunities...
After Sienna, we drove for a little while, found a hotel, luckily found dinner, and got some sleep.
The next morning, we found Civita de Bagnoregio. This is an ANCIENT township, several hundred years old. The whole town has a population of 80 people, but only 14 of them live there, year-round. There are no cars in the town. It is built on top of a mountain top, and connected to the nearest village by a foot bridge. It used to be a suspension bridge, but they got a new one. This town is completely cool! There's nothing there, no tourist stores or souvinier shops...Just a small town. There was one small store open, and they had pasta and purple potatos. I don't know why their potatos are purple, but they are are. Naturally. -And also they taste good...:)
We found out while there that they also have a bed and breakfast in the town, but we didn't know that before we got there. If we ever go back, we'll stay there. It is a neat place, about an hour outside of Rome.
Anyway, a great weekend, followed by a great Thanksgiving.
Take care, everyone!
