Pinch Me
What a day it’s been….
We had our first trip today and it was just dreamy. The morning started with a walk on a beautiful mountainside overlooking the Castelli Romani. The path is paved with stones that date back to the Roman empire and a canopy of chestnut trees drape over the way. After taking in the views of the little towns at a birds-eye view, we walked back down and began our tour of four adorably quaint towns. My favorites were Nemi, famous for its strawberries and mushrooms and Castel Gandolfo, which is the town of the Pope’s summer residence (he happened to be there today!). The places we saw were very authentically Italian and it was kind of fun being the only tourists. I just couldn’t get enough of these towns… each of them had so much charm and I kept finding myself having “I can’t believe I’m here right now!” moments. The weather has been great… lots of sunshine but no humidity and a nice breeze to beat the heat. I was expecting to find Italy to be a wonderful place, but it’s turning out to be much more than I had even hoped for!
