Before starting the day, it is highly recommended that one enjoy a cappuccino and a "brutti e buoni" biscuit-like pastry filled with roasted almonds, pinenuts, white raisins and dark raisins. Light as a feather and straight out of the oven.And then there is the requisite gelato break at 3:00, dinner around nine followed by a village-wide passagiata (after dinner stroll) then a bit of grappa and gossip on the piazza. Did we mention that shops are closed 1-4, all bank holidays and "gone on vacation" signs are handwritten and tacked up on many a store entry? We've just put on up on our apartment door and are planning to dash off to Fabbriano (think fabulous papers), San Gusme (think Tuscany Tours) and other random hilltown visits this weekend. I can't wait to visit Solomeo - the rehabilitated village recently built by "Bruno di Benevolenti"(my nickname for him), the high fashion Cashmere King and humanistic visionary of our decade - it is 10 minutes away. They have a festival starting this evening!
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