Sigh.
5 days on an olive farm 20 minutes drive from the town of Bevagna, 10 minutes drive from the village of Bastardo.
We got lost in the middle of nowhere trying to find it. Driving on the wrong side of the road and a little old lady who spoke no English tried to give us directions. The only relevant Italian words we knew were for left, right and church. Thank goodness for the universal sign language for bumpy road. :)
Practically on our doorstep grew oregano, bay leaf, rosemary. Around the corner were sage and artichokes. We were free to pick whatever we needed.
The welcome pack was a lovely touch to the rustic cottage. Garlic, walnuts, onions,lemon, their own award-winning organic olive oil, their own honey, home-made jam. A bottle of excellent Montefalco red.
Each morning a loaf of bread and the morning's newspaper would be waiting for us on our porch.
We shopped in the villages, cooked up a storm for breakfast and dinner.
Snowie chased bees, trying to take their pictures.
Doc organised the cottage compulsively. Jackets were whisked away, shoes miraculously looked like shop displays.
Energizer Bunny chauffered us all over Umbria and Tuscany despite being ill (having caught my cold from the earlier leg of the trip), remaining lalala calm even as mad Italian drivers hurtled straight at us.
I saw a firefly and watched the moon bathed the olive trees in shimmering silver.
I realised that there wasn't a cuckoo clock in the neighbouring cottage after all...the soft little cuckoo, cuckoo sounds were coming from a real live bird.
My god, it was magic. Our home in Umbria. For just five days.
9 comments:
I WANNNNTTT!!!
Might go to Italy with LY, her sister + sister's hubby next year or year after. That sounds like the perfect country-living experience! Must get info from you one of these days!
sigh! :)
hee at the cartoon face.. the photos are like from movie!
I think I love Doc!
Paul
Sigh...sigh.....Dunno when I get to travel again.
BTW, you guys look MUCH better in real life! LOL!!
Spot, must tell me how u put those photos up in that arrangement! i struggle with photo upload each time, yet it's all over the place...have to drag here & there to get it in the right places.
okay, if i ever get hitched, i'm going to demand umbria as my honeymoon destination.
*sniff* i want.
Nut - Make it next year lah. We can give you all the money-saving tips. :)
Snowie - Yeah. Sigh.
Biow - Thanks!
Paul - Ah..you two would be like two ships passing lah. Hehehe.
Boobs - Well I'd be scared if I were you and four cartoon smiley-faced people turned up at your door!
Never mind, like you said...we travel with your kids next time...when they're old enough to carry our canes, walkers, luggage, us, etc.
LFS - I cheat...made a collage. Haha.
Hedo - And that would be an excellent demand. Can hot-italian-guy watch summor. Ooops. Forgot it's a HONEYMOON.
Geekchic - umm...Hedo's honeymoon idea maybe?
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