thoughts, food and drink, Sunday lunches

Week 3 - still in Reggio Emilia (Emilia Romagna area)
as mentioned in previous e-mail, Sunday lunches are definitely an out of town business. We went to Canossa, a village with a castle up in the mountains, and had a truly authentic Italian experience. No foreign turists there, so the place looked good and I asked to reserve a table. 3 generation families started arriving , the noise got louder and we had the best food ever (the tortelli de pumpkin was amazing). Fab day all round. Day before we went to Modena and that was also very nice. Sorry to go on about food, but it makes such a change from our experience in France. Maybe we are just Italian food addicts.

Interesting thing here is that when you go out for a drink in the evening, all bars set up a canapes buffet, where you help yourself to whatever you want and as many times as you want for free. The drinks do cost 10 euros for 2, but all together, it is still a cheap evening meal, if you are on a budget or just too full already. And the quality in general is pretty good too. You just need to do a reckoning before ordering.

Weather is brill and like England the days are light until very late in the evening.

What a life....