…then
we were off, we all piled into Ricardo’s car and drove for about 30 minutes or
so through a million switchbacks to a walking path in the woods…..literally I never
realized how much the smell of a few pine trees and being surrounded by
mountains covered in pine trees could make me feel so at home….and it’s
probably a good thing this was my last weekend trip because it kinda made me
feel homesick too…but the walk was about 10 minutes to a completely cool and
totally scary panoramic bridge of sorts….it was over a ravine with a river in
the bottom and a view of the valley leading into the border where Mont Blanc is….we
took tons of pictures and then were off….
…we
dropped off Loradonna at the house to prepare lunch while Ricardo too me up
towards the Swiss border to show me a cottage his some amount of greats -grandfather
built in 1600….his dad sold it without telling him or his sister so we couldn’t
go in it unfortunately but it was cool to see J..
…when
we got home lunch was ready and when Ely said I was going to eat a lot here she
wasn’t kidding….we came home to breads and Fontina cheese and vino set out for
antipasti….then for primi piatti we had pasta with a broth sauce of the sauce
from the meat we had for the secondo…it was a wicked good meat cut up into
small pieces with lots of onion…which I thought I wouldn’t like but I actually
ended up loving it!!!...it was so good…we also had Barbera which is my favorite
wine so I was a really happy girl J
…we
stayed at home for a while before heading out to show me around Courmayeur….unfortunately
it had just started raining, but we went anyways…we all grabbed hats and
umbrellas and were off…we just walked through the pedestrian only streets,
stopping here and there for me to take photos, or to look in a shop window or
for Ricardo to explain another monument or mountain to me J….we
stopped at a bar for cappuccinos but they also had gelato, so I had to get my
daily cone (only have 6 more left after all)….when we headed back out, it had
stopped raining and the sun was trying to shine too J…
…when
we parked back at the flat, there was one more place Ricardo wanted to show me…the
neighborhood next to his, the perfect old Italian mountain place….
...I can’t even
describe it ….it was just all as it once was….we walked in through an arch
filled with old tools….wandered our way around to an old church...seeing so
many cool doorways and cute view along the way
…afterwards
it was home again for a little bit of hanging out before dinner…a bit of
leftovers and a bit of new….a great chicken broth with peas and rice soup….warm
and delish….and of course more fantastic cheeses and breads and a new wine from
Valley d’Aosta….I seriously wasn’t even hungry, I was just eating to make
people happy haha (I know I live a rough life here) …
…after
dinner we all relaxed for a bit before we headed off to sleep….Ill truly miss
Ricardo…although we couldn’t speak so well together all the time, we always
communicated perfectly J….Love him J….tonight as I was
writing this by hand in my notebook on my bed…he brought me some strong wine
(almost grappa but not) to try….a really special one from here in the Mt Blanc
valley….it’s an extremely top of the line vineyard because its 1400 meters
above sea level….he wanted to buy me a bottle of it to send home with me (but I
can’t because im still under age in the US)….so he explained it all to me, gave
me a catalog of the company…and we drank the rest of the bottle together so I
could take the empty bottle home with me J….I adore him….I’ll
miss my Italian Nonno so terribly…..still so hard to believe only 6 more sleeps
in Italy….tomorrow we are heading back to Torino…unfortunately we couldn’t go
up to the glass balcony on Mount Blanc since it was in a cloud the whole
weekend L
I guess that’s what happens when you’re 4810 meters tall…..the tallest mountain
in Europe….no big deal J
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