Our next day trip was an atypical Wednesday off. Every year Fred switches with a landscape painting teacher so they can each have a full day of teaching and a day off, instead of two half days. This was our free day.
On our way to the car, I got my best shot SO FAR of a man inside a Cinque Cento. My goal is to get a shot of an older couple, in their Sunday best, together in one. I’ve seen this many times. It is a sight to behold. I did a Google image search to see if anyone else has had any success. Seemingly not.
And this shot from inside the car.
We headed off to a charming town nearby—Vignanello—that has an amazing castle and garden. We've been to three of the top such gardens in the country: Villa Lante (in our neighboring Bagnaia), Villa Farnese in Caprirola and Villa d’Este in Tivoli near Hadrian’s Villa. The garden today at Vignanello was closed, which we had expected, but next year we have a plan with the person in charge there for Fred to draw inside.
We got there and did the usual. Roamed together a bit, then separately. I settled in at the bar there that I like. It's got a huge terrace overlooking the countryside with a crazy breeze. I’m surrounded, yet again, but older men in blue shirts. They hang there without ordering anything.
The place we had hope to eat at was closed…
More shots from around town.
This is a cool gutter-type thing. It’s a metal chain of links that goes from the edge of an overhang into a container. A pretty way to do a useful task. Very Victorian!
A healthy cat.
As I walked, I passed these women four times…finally we laughed together because clearly I was walking in circles.
Sadly, not all the cats are loved.
Since the place we had planned to eat was closed, and another was just too empty, we drove to the next town, the very small town of Vallerano. Fred found something on Trip Advisor (Osteria degli Orti) which we located almost immediately. It was awesome. The couple who own it left their jobs and home in Rome for a more peaceful life. The woman asked if we had been sent by Natalie. No, but we learned that Natalie owns a nearby B&B and sends her guests (many of them American, apparently) to this place. The atmosphere was lovely and warm. Great music. Find it on what I think was Spotify:
osteriadegliorti
What we were listening to when I snapped a pic of the guy’s laptop was Renato Carsone, and the song was called Tu Vuo Fa L’Americano. Hopefully he didn’t play this because he had Americans in the house! See the lyrics at the end of this post. And/or listen to it here: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Renato-Carosone-Tu-Vuo-Fa-LAmericano-lyrics.html
Only one other table was occupied, and in another room, to boot, but somehow it didn’t give us that bad feeling you can get when you’re in a restaurant alone. I had my first timpano—the layered dish featured in the movie The Big Night. It was not all the same layers, though. Mine was cauliflower and… can’t remember… but great. Fred had a pasta dish with either wild boar or pig cheek which was also great. So we’ll be back.
You'd like to be an American
You wear trousers showing a famous brand
you wear an hat with the peak raised
you trotting along Tuleto's streets
showing off yourself, to make people look at you
You'd like to be an American,
'merican, 'merican
listen to me, is it worth?
you want to be trendy
but if you drink "whiskey and soda"
and then you have a long hangover
You dance rock 'n' roll
you play baseball
but who gives you the money to buy Camels?
your mother's bag!
You'd like to be an American
'merican, 'merican
but you were born in Italy!
listen to me, there's nothing you can do
ok, neapolitan? (person from Naples)
You'd like to be an American
You'd like to be an American
Who can people that love you
understand you if you speak half-american?
when you are making love under the moon
how come you say "I love you"?
You'd like to be an American
'merican, 'merican,
but listen to me, is it worth?
you want to be trendy
but if you drink "whiskey and soda"
and then you have a long hangover
You dance rock 'n' roll
you play baseball
but who gives you the money to buy Camels?
your mother's bag!
You'd like to be an American
'merican, 'merican
but you were born in Italy!
ok, neapolitan? (person from Naples)
You'd like to be an American
You'd like to be an American
You'd like to be an American
'merican, 'merican
but listen to me, is it worth?
you want to be trendy
but if you drink "whiskey and soda"
and then you have a long hangover
You dance rock 'n' roll
you play baseball
but who gives you the money to buy Camels?
your mother's bag!
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