Nicole and I spent Friday and Saturday in Volterra, visiting an old friend from Detroit, Vince(nzo), who has lived in Volterra for over one year. I knew within the first few minutes of being there why he fell in love with the place - it's beautiful, friendly, and feels like home. The sky is unreal.
It was a wonderful time, full of architectural visits (Vince is an aspiring architect), as well as good food (he also happens to be an amazing chef). After watching the sunset with a toast to good friends (and Italy), Vince cooked dinner and we simply relaxed on a Friday night, it felt good and very familiar (okay, American), to do that.
Today, we walked around to see the Etruscan and Roman remnants around town, get a feel for the place, and met a few of Vince's friends (one of whom has an interesting collection on the ceiling of his restaurant - see picture below). Nicole and I did not donate to the "collection" - perhaps next time. Ha. The soup we had was amazing though.
We returned to Florence to have dinner together where I managed to eat almost a whole pizza and finish my beer, unlike Vince - I am not sure if I should be proud of that or not. And as a side note, I invite you to check out my flickr site (link at right), to see more pictures from all of my adventures. Ciao mi amici.
2 comments:
Los Tres Amigos?? I am so glad you two had a great time Beth. I was so thrilled to see you after such a long time. Glad you enjoyed my home, my cooking and my friends (and their ceiling collections). I hope we can do it again soon!! And thanks for the compliments! You're the best!
Ciao ciao!
I'm glad to see that you didn't add to the ceiling collection in the restaurant!!
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