Lil' C with Milano (a little dog we bought at the candy shop in Bologna).
Milano filled in for Sparkle while she was home in Belgium.
We had a couple of hours before our flight left Italy so we drove back to the area where we had dinner the previous night. The neighborhood looked so pretty at night I was curious to see it during the day.
Fiona arranged for us to have dinner at a lovely little restaurant near the Monastery. The menu & wine selection was fabulous. After we place our order the chef (an extremely friendly & animated guy-loved him!) brought over a complimentary plate of fried Parmigiano-Reggiano wedges. They were quite interesting. What I loved about this restaurant along with all the other places we dined was that they were local places... restaurants where you see local Italian families celebrating birthdays and enjoying time with their loved ones. Not a tourist in sight well except for us! But we tried our best to blend in. As we were leaving our waiter who was a complete sweetheart gave Lil' C a bag full of Italian cookies.
Here is the Monastery tower we walked up to. On a clear, sunny day I'm sure the view is spectacular.
These little neighborhood houses are so charming.
Our trip to Italy was a very memorable one. I'd love to return sometime within the year. I just love everything about Italy. When we got back I spent the first week saying every imaginable Italian word I knew! lol! Answering the phone with "Pronto" and saying "Ciao" everytime I said hello or goodbye to someone. Lil' C & I must have said "Ciao, bella" a thousand times! lol! There is just something about Italy that has captured my heart. And if some day I won the lottery I think I'd get a little crazy and buy an old Tuscan farmhouse, renovate it, learn Italian, and spend the rest of my life living la dolce vita.
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