Wednesday morning 30 May Mondavio-Village life, beaches,
food and wine
The world moves more slowly here but everyone is friendly
and we are enjoying unpacked for a couple of weeks. Mondavio only has a few hundred residents
inside the wall and the whole village including surrounds is about 3,500. There
is a bar/coffee place in the square (50 metres from home) that does the 90c
expressos. Last night we called in for a
drink at dusk and out came the plate of nibbles for all the tables. After a couple of drinks (for those
interested vino is 2.50 euro a glass) we wandered down to Osteria della Rocca
which is a pasta/pizza +++ place run by a fellow called Andrea. He now considers us locals and we just had a
bowl of pasta washed down with some of his lemencello. The good thing is that the place is 25 metres
along the wall from our place.
Yesterday it was warm so we investigated the coast which
is 20k away. Ended up at Fano on the
free beach for a couple of hours-all pretty relaxed.
Today, after we have walked to the bar, Il Duca, in the square
for coffee (the morning girl, Pamelia, actually understands a little English) and
wifi access to send this, we are going on a day length adventure. No idea where but there is lots of places to
visit.
Tonight I am whipping up a seafood tagliatelle. The
seafood van was in the village yesterday and I brought some fish, prawns and
baby squid. Hopefully it will be great!
We are pretty sure that Julie (of Easter in Sicily
birthday fame) is calling in on the weekend. She has been doing a 2 week
advanced Italian course in Todi. It will
a good chance for her to consolidate her new skills as there is virtually no
English at all in the village. Even the
little tourist office speaks none.
Wine Notes: Our current red, as mentioned in the last
post, is a 2007 Arbace Sangiovese from the Sangiovese Colli Pasaresi
d.o.c. Great wine. You will be pleased to know that even over
here wine descriptions are a bit over the top. Although the label is obviously
in Italian I can tell you it is 85% Sangiovese and 15% Montepulciano, 13.5%
alcohol, and comes from the Pesarase Hills.
That is all ok and informative but it is also
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‘bold and proud’
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has ‘elusive nuances’
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and will ‘accompany you in times of reflection’.
street on way to square
Check out the size of this packet
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