First thing this morning Susan and I both headed to the bank to exchange some more $$ to euro. First off....u have to push a button for a door to open, allowing one person in at a time, closing that door, then the door inside opens. ok...got that figured out. However, they didn't like the size of the bag I had, so I had to leave it outside in a provided locker with a key lock.....ok, got that. We felt so good, and after all that....we could not exchange money because we didn't have an account....geez.
OK...we don't give up that easy. Carla, one of the staff owns and runs the paper/magazine shop in the piazza (town square)...so we just went to her, she took our money tot he bank and got it exchanged....whew....that was a hassle, but we got it.
Every Friday there is a flea market in piazza in Soriano.....we walked it quickly but didn't find much and we needed to get on the bus....thank goodness it was a pretty day, but cool
Today we went to Orvieto to see yet a another cathedral and another lovely strolling town. Again our bus could not drive into the town so we can now add cable cars to our many modes of transportation for this trip. We parked and took the cable car to the top. There were small cars but certainly no buses....it was lovely. We went into the Cathedral, it was lovely with lots of symbolism and then we were turned loose to shop for 1.5 hrs before lunch.
We all got some shopping done here...yahoo. Since it was such an easy town we all rather went on our own. I got some hot chocolate...it is so thick here the spoon stands up in it.
Mom...it's good...but don't hold a candle to THE hot chocolate!!!!
We had lunch in a restaurant there ....the usual cold plate but with a few warm things....not sure what to call it, but it was like a "rice ball" but tasty and something like spinach and ham tiny croissant....yummy. Then our pasta with a red sauce, then thin slices of pork and roasted potatoes and salad....and then a trio of 2 bite desserts...one was lemony, one chocolatey and the other just different.
Then we were headed to the villa for pizza nite. Rita, Carla and Peroena were waiting on us. We ate our leftover gelato from last nite and out came the wine.
We made dough and chopped lots of things for toppings. They let the dough rise then put it in several pans that each had about a 2 inch side. then the topping started. Then we had to take them next door where they have an outdoor brick bread oven, but they let us use it to bake pizza. It was awesome to watch this. We also met Bubba the pig .....he lives next door, is 10mths old and he's HUGE...and he will be next years proscuitto!!
The singing, dancing, laughing and pizza eating was a blast.....good thing the neighbors like us!!
The later it got, the more shots that were drank and the funnier things got.
Our dessert tonite was hazelnut chocolate and ricotta cheese pizza....yum.
Each week someone is presented with a Bubba the Pig...small stuffed pink version. ....well, yours truly got the pig. They seem to think my connection to Delta will allow him to travel a lot. So, I am tasked with "friending" Bubba on facebook and posting pictures of his travels....well, he's about to see Paris!!! After that....we'll see.
Oh Deb.....one thing we learned was that Bella means beautiful in Italian....how cool!!
We had a blast tonite and Michael told us they will now do pizza nite around the huge kitchen island standing up and they will now make chocolate biscotti....all because our group did this 2 things and had a ball.
We said our goodbyes and headed back to our "little homes" for our last nite. Our shuttle bus for Rome leaves at 615a.....our flt to Paris is at 1230p.....so we will have some time at the airport to figure things out.
Good night and good bye Soriano.....thank you ....we had a blast!!!
Look out Paris here we come.
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