Today we headed toward Arrone at 9am. We walk up into the town, taking time for pictures and walking about the town. Then we walked toward Ferentillo, where we visit a church, see a bunch of mummies and have an extremely thoughtful lunch (caprese salad, eggplant, prosciutto and bread). From there we walk 4km to a hamlet then trekked another 5km to finish in Ceselli. From there, we visited Abbey of San Pietro in Valle which was built in 720 AD by Faroaldo II Duke of Spoleto. Insid the abbey we viewed exhibits frescoes, sarcophaguses and got to go up onto the alter.
It was a long day but only the beginning…tomorrow will be much more challenging. But let’s not rush into tomorrow before looking at the food we ate.
Before dinner:
- Spritz
- Small meat and cheese plate
- Bread with Olive Oil
- Homemade Bigne (by Virginio’s mom)
Before dinner meeting we listened to Il Cantico Delle Creature (A. Branduardi) which is based off a poem written by St. Francis two years before he died. I felt this was very meaningful and appreciate Virgino taking the time to print copies of the poem: the song in Italian, the poem in vulgare (Latin meaning is “the people’s language), and in English.
Dinner is at 7:45, we eat:
- Ravioli with meat
- Lamb Stew
- Zucchini and Eggplant
- Tomatoes and Potatoes
- Biscotti that we dip in wine
- Meringue
Bedtime. Ciao!
