Another weekend away

Mountains are beautiful, this is a fact.

There is something to do for everyone. You can hike and discover beautiful hidden spots.

Turquoise waters. Sandy beaches.

Waterfalls.

You can pick wild strawberries, fragoline di bosco, the most delicate of fruits.

Blueberries.

Blackberries. No batteries needed.

You can study insects.

These huge things fly. I don't even want to know what they are called.

You can stop for lunch in a rifugio.

Polenta, mushrooms, venison, roe buck

Polenta with cheese and mushrooms

Gnocchi with mushrooms and tomatoes

Porcini ravioli with nut sauce

Orzotto or barley soup

You can observe farm animals.




Aaaaw...



Meet a family of scarecrows.

Go food shopping.

And eat some more.

Mocetta di camoscio or cured chamois meat

Mocetta di cervo or cured venison

To the right, spressa (a local specialty), to the left my favorite. The sign said: cheese with natural mold for polenta. My kinda cheese!

Then you can dance off the calories at the town dance.

This was a real village dance. No costumes, no show. These people dressed up to go dance.

And no, we did not forget dessert.

Chard (yes, chard) and almond paste crostata

You can check out the local architecture.

View from the apartment

Can you believe there is more than one like this here?

I am a sucker for detail.

I never get enough of these windows...

This window was the size of my hand...lace curtains! C'mon!

Then there is fishing.

We even got a weak rainbow.

We went on another hike and found these.

I think this was the first time I saw cyclamen in the wild...

Or hazelnuts...

I didn't even know what these were...

Do you?

....until I opened one...walnuts!

We prepared a wedding reception and got married.

And we decorated our Crocs with more eco friendly accessories than the ones for sale.

I love the mountains...do you?