We welcome the less elaborate but healthy breakfast served,after weeks of the heavier variety and after taking up Jenny’s offer to wash our clothes in her washing machine we set off on a short hike up the hills above Pietra Rosa, from which vantage point we are able to truly appreciate its unbelievable setting.
Return to house in good time to hang out the washing and then head off to the Renaissance city of Urbino.
Urbino is viewed as one of the jewels of Le Marche and on this our second visit there we are reminded once again of what it has to offer in terms of architecture, ambience ,culture and location. In contrast to Bologna it demonstrates what can be achieved with a communal sense of pride and commitment.
Back to Pietra Rosa to sort out the washing and then relax until dinner with a bit of reading and blog-writing. Also spend some time on what is becoming a popular pastime-finding the numerous factual errors in the Lonely Planet guide books.
Jenny prepared a great meal for us which includes cinghiale ( wild boar ) and battered elderberry flowers!
Only 4 guests in the dining room and not a word was spoken between ourselves and the young Italians at the next table. We are rapidly learning that the Italians are nowhere near as gregarious as one might imagine, with our host Jenny being the exception.
Amusing moment over dinner when Gail mentioned that she might like a boiled egg for breakfast the next day. The expression for boiled egg is uova alla coque which in itself is unremarkable but when she added that she would probably ask for a soft uova alla coque I wasn’t really sure whether it was a reflection of our 38 years of marriage or a glimpse of what is to come as I enter my dotage!
The Obese Ferret.
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