View from hills above Camiglian0
Roadside shrine
Lovely farm complex
Bob and Joy at Villa Torrigiani
So picturesque!
On Saturday we made plans to meet with Mary, Bob and Joy and go to the marcia podistica at Camigliano on Sunday. Yesterday was a beautiful morning and we are still in the grip of jet lag so getting up for a 6:45 am rendezvous was easy. Dom and I sort of knew the way to Camigliano but Mary was sure of where it was so we made it there in good time. By 7:15 am we were on the course.
It was a steady uphill climb for the first half of the 5 km. walk but that allowed for some lovely views of the area east of Lucca. Mary and I had outpaced the others (huff puff huff) as we climbed but we waited for Joy, Bob and Dom at “the top” and the group mostly stayed together the rest of the way. The entire route was picturesque but some spots were particularly lovely. Bob and Joy wanted a picture of themselves in front of the Villa Torrigiani so I obliged. When we finished walking there was there was the usual hot (too sweet) tea, wine and water, toasted bread topped with oil, garlic and vinegar and cookies. The premi (prizes) were bottles of laundry soap and small cartons of milk. Anything is better than more pasta! The five of us carpooled so on the way back to Vinchiana, where we met, we stopped for cappuccini and pastry at Bar Europa. By then, 9:15 or so, the morning was quite warm and we clustered around a small outdoor table enjoying our second breakfast.
Later in the day Dom and I made a quick trip to Fornaci di Barga for their annual May Day festival. We toured the usual cars and tractors before heading back to the house. About 7 pm, Steve and Carol, the prospective owners of the old mill down the hill, their son Jack and Steve’s brother Mick came for drinks and nibbles. After a tour of their house we sat on the patio and chatted for a quite a while. I took Carol up to see Erina and Bruno’s casa di vacanza as they might want to stay there in the future. After our company left, Dom and I faded rather quickly. We skipped dinner and just snacked a little more. In the end, we stayed up until about 10:30 but we were both dozing in front of the television by that time.
It was a steady uphill climb for the first half of the 5 km. walk but that allowed for some lovely views of the area east of Lucca. Mary and I had outpaced the others (huff puff huff) as we climbed but we waited for Joy, Bob and Dom at “the top” and the group mostly stayed together the rest of the way. The entire route was picturesque but some spots were particularly lovely. Bob and Joy wanted a picture of themselves in front of the Villa Torrigiani so I obliged. When we finished walking there was there was the usual hot (too sweet) tea, wine and water, toasted bread topped with oil, garlic and vinegar and cookies. The premi (prizes) were bottles of laundry soap and small cartons of milk. Anything is better than more pasta! The five of us carpooled so on the way back to Vinchiana, where we met, we stopped for cappuccini and pastry at Bar Europa. By then, 9:15 or so, the morning was quite warm and we clustered around a small outdoor table enjoying our second breakfast.
Later in the day Dom and I made a quick trip to Fornaci di Barga for their annual May Day festival. We toured the usual cars and tractors before heading back to the house. About 7 pm, Steve and Carol, the prospective owners of the old mill down the hill, their son Jack and Steve’s brother Mick came for drinks and nibbles. After a tour of their house we sat on the patio and chatted for a quite a while. I took Carol up to see Erina and Bruno’s casa di vacanza as they might want to stay there in the future. After our company left, Dom and I faded rather quickly. We skipped dinner and just snacked a little more. In the end, we stayed up until about 10:30 but we were both dozing in front of the television by that time.
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