waldorfian feeling farmers markets in perugia
(perugia in general...)
roasted chestnuts sold by street vendors
UMBRIA! gorgeous country side
bread
making bread
making fresh pasta!
eating lots of mandarin oranges
chocoalte being considered a perfectly normal breakfast item
i even like mucking out ditches in the pouring rain, removing irrigation systems from muddy vegetable gardens that have been trashed by porcupines and wild boars... and sorting-"cleaning" grains of spelt for 3 hours... and collecting fire wood in the rain!
BUT due to an unfourtanate dynamic with the baker i was working for, i am happily and unexpectedly back in FLORENCE!!! i decided i am not in italy to be treated like crap. and florence is just way better than the situation i was in!!
so, i am up for a week of getting lost in more museums and streets filled with christmas lights, day trips to... ? anywhere?
and hopefully i learned enough from the baker to make you some really amazing sour dough bread.
cheers.
i got on a train this morning from orvietto to firenze and booked a hostel upon arrival.
2 comments:
Dear Zoe,
I'm sorry to hear you are cutting short your Italian adventure - and just when I found your blog! But I'm sure you're wise to follow your instincts - and even Italy is pretty cold in the winter. Wow - I heard about those floods in Venice and never dreamed you were there.
I have enjoyed reading about your adventures. Amazing you can do so much without being able to say much in Italian. But as I remember Italians are generally very good at charades.
Katie hasn't had her baby yet - we had a bit of a scare when it looked like she would go into labor in early November but she went on partial bedrest and has held things together. Now it wouldn't be considered premature - just "early". She's due in late December/early January.
Love, Aunt Candy csimonen@ucsd.edu
hey zozo! i found the email with the blog link today--boy--i have i been missing all the fun--i was so happy to see your PHOTOS, too!!
i guess you can teach an old auntie (or two!) new tricks/ now i will have fun looking for more notes--love you!
a.g.
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