Home is where the food is...

Good morning- went for another run early to get my body going and to digest the late night pizza. I felt even better because I went even farther and got to the top of Piazzele Michelangelo and looked down at the city below. I remembered how much I truly love the city and what I had missed since last year. Just looking down at the sites and the beauty of the city itself without the poverty, the rude people and the sometimes dirty streets- from above all of that doesn’t matter and you get to appreciate all that was in the early centuries.

We had to leave today and I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around leaving Florence again. Ugh. We went to the train station and got some breakfast and waited for the train to Rome. Once we went to Rome, we got off and waited for the train to Isernia. The city where my grandfather was waiting for us. J I couldn’t wait to go and meet him there. It was so exciting! I wanted to go and relax with him and the rest of the family and do what I usually do- walk up big hills, eat about every 2 hours, visit family and get forced food into my mouth, walk up some more hills and go shopping! It couldn’t get any better. OH yea and I forgot- SLEEP. The town of Longano- la citta del vento (the city of wind).A place where all your dreams come true- good food, good views, great bars, fun people and the perfect sleeping weather.

When we arrived it was time to go to the market and stock up on food to eat for the weekend. I definitely bought more than I could eat in a day and a half, but I couldn’t control myself! I cooked up a great dinner of potatoes, zucchini, rice pasta, tuna sauce, fresh bread, and salad and olives. What a great dinner- we stuffed our faces! It was great catching up with my grandpop and we decided to go into town and visit more family and hang out outside, but it was cold! We went from hot hot hot weather to cold cold chilly weather.

and looked down at the city below. I remembered how much I truly love the city and what I had missed since last year. Just looking down at the sites and the beauty of the city itself without the poverty, the rude people and the sometimes dirty streets- from above all of that doesn’t matter and you get to appreciate all that was in the early centuries.

We had to leave today and I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around leaving Florence again. Ugh. We went to the train station and got some breakfast and waited for the train to Rome. Once we went to Rome, we got off and waited for the train to Isernia. The city where my grandfather was waiting for us. J I couldn’t wait to go and meet him there. It was so exciting! I wanted to go and relax with him and the rest of the family and do what I usually do- walk up big hills, eat about every 2 hours, visit family and get forced food into my mouth, walk up some more hills and go shopping! It couldn’t get any better. OH yea and I forgot- SLEEP. The town of Longano- la citta del vento (the city of wind).A place where all your dreams come true- good food, good views, great bars, fun people and the perfect sleeping weather.

When we arrived it was time to go to the market and stock up on food to eat for the weekend. I definitely bought more than I could eat in a day and a half, but I couldn’t control myself! I cooked up a great dinner of potatoes, zucchini, rice pasta, tuna sauce, fresh bread, and salad and olives. What a great dinner- we stuffed our faces! It was great catching up with my grandpop and we decided to go into town and visit more family and hang out outside, but it was cold! We went from hot hot hot weather to cold cold chilly weather.

and looked down at the city below. I remembered how much I truly love the city and what I had missed since last year. Just looking down at the sites and the beauty of the city itself without the poverty, the rude people and the sometimes dirty streets- from above all of that doesn’t matter and you get to appreciate all that was in the early centuries.

We had to leave today and I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around leaving Florence again. Ugh. We went to the train station and got some breakfast and waited for the train to Rome. Once we went to Rome, we got off and waited for the train to Isernia. The city where my grandfather was waiting for us. I couldn’t wait to go and meet him there. It was so exciting! I wanted to go and relax with him and the rest of the family and do what I usually do- walk up big hills, eat about every 2 hours, visit family and get forced food into my mouth, walk up some more hills and go shopping! It couldn’t get any better. OH yea and I forgot- SLEEP. The town of Longano- la citta del vento (the city of wind).A place where all your dreams come true- good food, good views, great bars, fun people and the perfect sleeping weather.

When we arrived it was time to go to the market and stock up on food to eat for the weekend. I definitely bought more than I could eat in a day and a half, but I couldn’t control myself! I cooked up a great dinner of potatoes, zucchini, rice pasta, tuna sauce, fresh bread, and salad and olives. What a great dinner- we stuffed our faces! It was great catching up with my grandpop and we decided to go into town and visit more family and hang out outside, but it was cold! We went from hot hot hot weather to cold cold chilly weather. What a great night's sleep up in the mountain air!