Day 9

Italy 2010

Day 9

By Shari

Today Roberto stayed home from our adventure outing, because we went to Civita. This is the dying hill town we stayed at two years ago with Dan and Jan Studer, and it was the Hotel from Hell. I went to learn more about this place, which is pretty neat if you are there for just a couple of hours. Roberto stayed home and set up our Blog. It’s unbelievable we have the blog you are looking at. A special Scot who was in our cooking class, Ian McNairn, taught him, and Bob thinks he’s one of the best technology teachers on the planet.

Our school took a van and an Alfa Romeo convertible that held one person, since we were one person too many for the smaller van. Since I was the extra person, I let another woman ride in the car on the way there, but I felt car sick from riding in the back of the bus.

This place called Civita is a dying city because parts keep eroding and falling off. There are only 20 full time residents. It’s like a fairy-tale place – a photographer’s dream. To get to it you have to walk up a very long bridge/walkway.

We had lunch at a tiny restaurant, and the food was so good, as usual.

Going back to the villa, I got to ride in the Alfa Romeo with the top down. What fun that was!!!! The driver drove really fast, and Italian music was playing the entire time.

Back at the villa, we made various kinds of pizza from scratch including ricotta cheese and Nutella. It was cooked in an outside wood-burning oven, and several tasty varieties were made. Delizioso!

It was also our last night together, and there were lots of hugs as we said good-bye. It was such a great group of people, and we had a splendid time!!