On our last day, we visited this small and lovely museum of natural colours (showing how colour pigments are made from plants) and then spent the afternoon swimming at a watering hole in a nearby river with na and her mr m. It's been years since I swam in a river, the water was cold but refreshing, and made my skin feel amazingly soft afterwards. Mr M found a frisbee in the trees so they had fun tossing that around and when it landed in the water, Mr M was sent into the water to fetch it. Then a long haired drummer came down and while swimming, lost his keys. Paul's goggles helped him find them!
After, we went to Isabella's agritourist run farm at Pieve del Colle for a gorgeous meal of barley salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and fresh basil, courgette roasted with wild fennel, green lentils, green beans with mint, and some toasted home made bread with garlic and olive oil. We saw the sun set over the hills and the full moon on our way home.
Next year, we've been instructed to come earlier or later, to avoid the courgettes! But I don't mind courgettes that much. Plus, I love seeing those fields of blooming sunflowers.
2 comments:
ah swoon, 'wish it was still last thursday, i'd happily do it all again! come back!!!
Ahh that river looks and sounds amazing! I don't think I've ever swam in a river apart from capsizing one Feb at the rowing club. The water was freezing cold, brown and murky not beautifully turquoise and clear like your photos. Did you go under that waterfall? Looks idyllic.
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