ITALY 2013-DAY 8!

After getting home safely through traffic and fog, everyone was kind of OK with just hanging out at the Villa for the morning. We had all decided that it would be Aquapendente for dinner. This is actually the town closest to the villa, and we even thought we had found a good restaurant to visit.

After finding parking in the center of the town we wandered around another Italian town that seems to have almost stopped in time. We did a bit more shopping and wandering.  There was a leather shop that opened just as we got there after the guy had come back from a café break. There was the café that had Amaretto Coffee drinks. There was a lovey church and cobblestone paved streets, and a fountain that looked like it hadn’t changed since Roman times.

We wandered over to restaurant to see if they were open yet (it was close to 6:00 PM) and were told that it didn’t open until 8:00 PM. We tried to find out if something else was open, but on Italy time most restaurants don’t open for dinner until 7:00 PM. We found a small bakery shop and planned to take a break until the restaurant opened. While waiting, we fell into a conversation with a woman sitting next to us, We asked if she knew any other good restaurants in the city.

She said she owned the best in Aquapendente.

Tristan and I walked with her to check the place out and instantly fell in love.

We ended up having one of the best meal of the trip in a building that used to be a stable and was REALLY old. There was an actual spring from the wall.

The chef was British who had followed his girlfriend to Florence and then stayed in Italy when she decided to go to Toronto. He helped us with the menu and wine selection, and we had a truly amazing final night. Melanie bought some of the wine we had with dinner and we gorged on pasta, meat, and deserts.

Steve and Fiona MAY have gotten into a fight over the desserts...

It was a great final dinner and we had a great time.

However, just to make sure we hadn’t forgotten the lessons of the first part of the trip, we came out to where we had parked to discover that we must have read the parking meters incorrectly, and both cars had parking tickets.

Well, it had to be something.

We had to get up early to make sure that we get our flight, so it is off to bed…for about 4 hours of sleep…and some more very tight connections...

(cue ominous music now)