Market day in Foiana della Chiana, only 7 kilometres from the villa. Wonderful little market, we found the smaller food section first. Paul braved the line up of local mamas at the meat stand. One dear in particular, holding ticket 71, to Paul's 70, decided to jump the line since clearly Paul was the tourista. That was fine and when served the owners were more than gracious with the lack of Italian. Hand sliced proscuitto that was excellent, pecorino cheese, a thick slice of porchetta and a bag of mozzarella di bufula. We filled our bags with bread, foccacia, a couple of tablecloths and a couple of handbags for Marylu.
We continued on to Montepulciano, another wonderful hill town, more tourists, but the streets are highways compared to Orvietto. Lots of great little shops on the long climb to the Piazza Grande. Bread, antipasto, cheese and wine on offer in many of the wine shops. I won't mention the soap Bob.
Classic dinner with finds from the market and wine ... bread, proscuitto, porchetta, tomatoes, olive oil and a peach flan.
After dinner a couple games of Skip Bo and then a bit of knitting and conversation before we are off to bed. Is after 11 pm ...way past Bob's bedtime. Paul and I choose a visit to Cortona tomorrow .
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