The prior day apparently ended with some late night drinking and card playing. I was a good boy, asleep. Looks like Skittles were used as currency.
For breakfast, we had hard boiled eggs. Laid on a crostini and topped with caramelized onions, prosciutto and fresh vegetables, these were the fanciest hard boiled eggs I’ve ever had.
Clothes needed to be washed and while there was a washer at the villa, there was no dryer. I now know why I couldn’t find the coat rack.
Everyone wanted to return to Montepulciano to do some liesurely shopping . For lunch, we separated into 2 groups. Our group went to La Briciola. We immediately noticed that the menu was in Italian, which we welcomed as a good sign. Our waiter was very charming and encouraged us to practice our Italian. I attempted to relive my gnocchi experience. BTW the grilled vegetables in Italy are so good.
Brushing up on our Italian, we learned a new and not so useful phrase,”Non ho malattie contagiose!” I have no contagious diseases.
Did I mention the roads are narrow? All the cars in Italy are so small and cute.
Portrait day – Since we had some dead time I decided to attempt some portraits at the villa (portraits are my weakness). Thanks to Amy for her help, at the same time my apologies to Amy as I forgot to take a portrait of her. The shot of Amy was a test shot.
That night we had 2 chefs come in to prepare dinner. For whatever reason this is the only photo from that dinner. It might have something to do with the numerous bottles of wines and incessant laughing.
