




Saturday morning we went to Sarnano, which is the next town over from us. I took the picture of the mountains because with the new snow they seem even more impressively CLOSE. David, Claudia and I had a morning coffee and pastries at a lovely bar they found recently, much nicer than any in San Ginesio. I discovered a savory little pastry which was delicious. Then, back to the house to get ready for a visit from Sandra, Roberto and Anna Maria, the Romans we visited about a month ago at their country home about an hour from here. So, the wine was poured about 11:30, we broke open the wild boar salami I had purchased last weekend. Claudia with a little help from me and David fixed pizzocherie, my absolutely favorite dish: buckwheat noodles, which are made in the north, with delicate cabbage, green beans, potatoes, chard and sauteed onions, when that's all cooked LOTS of parmasan cheese is added to make it all stick together. After lunch I showed the Romans my recent paintings, and gave them one I had done of the view from the back of their country home. It seemed they were pleased. THEN, a little coffee to revive us from all the wine.....and then a little dessert they brought: a lovely fresh and dried fruit struddle plus some amazing almond nougat and chocolate candy, also we broke open the bottle of Vino Cotto I had purchased over a month ago..........it's this area's drink that is like port, to be enjoyed with a little dessert. So we did! Of course we didn't have dinner..........enough food for one day.