Now in the heart of the city center, Piazza Pepe is just outside of the old city walls – it was originally a wooded area where shepherds would rest with their sheep while traveling from one pasture area to another – the trees were cleared in the 1500s to create this public plaza

We found this map of the old city center mounted on the wall of a house – the castle and its nearby churches are the brown buildings in the upper left quadrant of the map

a close-up of the bark of the pine trees on the path up to the castle – the bark is thick and very three-dimensional

This species of flower is critically endangered and is only found on the mountain near the castle, it is found nowhere else in the world

This Smart car is covered in a houndstooth pattern

This church looks like it was built in the ’60s, I like the open-air bell tower

I like this newish door installed in an old portal

In the U.S., you can see architecture designs with exposed air ducts, but this is the first time I’ve seen a fan attached to the duct

Speaking of interesting architecture, check out the emergency exit stairs on this building

Here’s a statue of a local singer-songwriter, composer, and producer – someone put a knit scarf on him because it was cold outside

Here is a package of Stranger Things chocolate candies – there were also versions with Star Wars Mandalorian, Marvel, Frozen, and others

And finally, we had a bottle of Falanghina white wine at lunch – we discovered Falanghina while on the island of Ischia and have been pleasantly surprised to learn that the Molise region also makes this type of wine