Easter Weekend

Good Friday was not just good, it was excellent as it included a game of golf and lunch at Terre dei Consoli.  We were welcomed by the golf pro who is from Montreal and the General Manger came around to our table at lunch to present us each with a bag of golf tees.

Friday night, Bob cooked up a Spaghetti with a Scoglia (from the reef) sauce which was equal to the one Lynne and I had eaten the day before at Trattoria Buoni Amici.

Saturday was cool and wet and Lynne and I stayed in doors most of the day.  In the late afternoon Lynne, Isa and I started watching an Italian film which turned out to be a over 5 hours long and must have originally been a TV series.

On Easter Sunday we drove out into the country to the medieval village of Calcata, a place Lynne and I had visited several years ago.

The village is now full of small restaurants and boutiques but nothing too chic or over the top. Today it was popular Sunday destination for families.  See New York Times article. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/travel/28dayout.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The highlight of the visit was when Lynne spotted an apparition of the Virgin.  Until 1983 the village church was home to a unique relic, the foreskin of Jesus.  The locals claim it was stolen by the Vatican.

The visit to Calacata was followed by a picnic in an olive grove.  After lunch we drove over to Anguilera on Lake Bracciano for a promenade and geletos.  On the way home Bob picked up fava beans and artichokes for a pasta tonight.