It’s been an eventful yet uneventful week here in Italy. The rain has put a literal and figurative damper on a some of our plans. It also casts a mental pall over things. To pass the time, I think I have watched all of Netflix and taken enough naps to last a lifetime.
BUT, we did have some memorable moments this week. Chad went to a nearby town to visit an olive oil farm while I declined to get in the car again. (We’ve been doing so much driving.) He came back with a tray of cookies. So… cookies for breakfast!
fresh cookies in clockwise direction – delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious
We also hit up some potato chips, trying a new, limited-edition mustard flavor and going back to an old flavor of roasted pork and rosemary.
mustard-flavored chips
pork-flavored chips
This is what you do when it’s constantly raining – you eat cookies and chips. And we are going on an all-vegetable diet when we get home.
I noticed a couple of new architectural details in the village.
I like the pattern of the stucco peeling off of the wall (and that black thing is an umbrella stand at our little bar)
and here’s an arched passage next to our house – I like the way the sun comes in to illuminate the entry at the other end – so inviting
The flowers in springtime Italy are still ridiculous ranging from cultivated flowers at houses to wildflowers out in the country.
beautiful roses in our neighbor’s yard
I loved these little blue flowers
plants at our neighbors’ place
And the wildflowers:
flowers obscuring the road sign because flowers are prettier
poppies along the road
a field of flowers
another field – snooze
OMG more flowers – ugh
the world’s most boring view
The photos of the wildflowers are from our drive up into the hills when we absolutely had to get out of the house before we lost our minds. Here are some views of the trip. It started as a relatively normal country drive.
doot-doo-doo, just driving
oh there’s a curve – that’s enticing
okay, some flowers – pretty
there’s grass growing in cracks in the road because the road isn’t used that much
hmm, interesting
well, slightly more interesting – I didn’t know that our little French car could off-road
uhhh…drive fast, drive fast! with all of the rain, Italy is having problems with landslides
but Chad did get to lean out of the car window and pick some wild rapini greens on the way down the mountain
We past a noisy waterfall which was overflowing with all of the recent rain.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wLSGiX5pjy0
And Chad took a video of the drive back down the hill and into the village with a delivery van which was right on our tail.