Monday, August 22, 2011

Aug. 15- 20- Week 9 in Italy

August 15th is a holiday in Italy. And of course, that meant another festa. This time it was a food festa in the nearby village of Montereale in the foothills approximately a 45 minute drive from our home.

                          There were 15 food/drink kiosks  throughout the village downtown area with a map showing where each one was and what was being served at each location.

The food consisted of many local delicacies including frico ( fried cheese & potatoe) and some not so local like escargoes- the best and plumbest and tastyest ever-  calamari and schnitzel and of course great vino and bierre. We spent a couple of hours grazing.

Nicole & I eating the first of several dishes of escargoes.

There was lots of rain when we first arrived but the weather did little to stop festivities.

Montereale is a cute little village in the foothills near Maniago


The sun finally did make an appearance.

Later that week, we decided that Barcis was our weekly destination. This lake community is a short car ride into the mountains past Montereale. Like all mountain lakes, Barcis is an emerald colour and surrounded by wonderful scenery.





We took a walk along the lake shore pedestrian way.

Stopped for yet another spritz in a local bar and continued our walk into town for a light lunch.
Like all the villages we had been to , this one was equally as scenic.
The church square.

And some street scenes



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