Thursday - our day off!

Hi all,

I am running behind on my blog once again! So will have to bring you up to speed.

Thursday was our day off. Sadly last night I was not feeling to well, it must have been the seafood at lunch time, as I later heard that some of the people cooking the mussels had forced the unopened one's open with a knife...well not all of us know how to work with seafood!!

So Thursday morning was spent recovering and just reading at the Villa in the shade. At about 13:15 I took a drive into town with 3 of my new friends. Angela, Sally and Greg. We had a very light lunch of mixed breads with a platter of Cheese and cold meats. I was feeling much better by this time, thank goodness.

We then went for a walk through the Castle of Poppi, what a stunning place. And it seems to be haunted by the ghost of a Countess who use to steal the young men of the village and have her way with them, once she had had enough of their company ;-) she had dropped the out of the castle from the tower. So the village people had then killed her to stop this. Lovely story isn't it?

We had climbed to the very top of the tower...so many stairs and it was so very hot. But once you are right at the top and you can see everywhere as far as possible, it is an amazing sight.

We had run into an English guy who was suited and looked so smart, he was waiting for his bride to, they were getting married in the Castle's chapel, romantic isn't it? He then invited the 4 of us to attend the wedding! Was sweet of him but clearly did not happen.

Then home for a swim. After a shower I had an evening out with 2 of the girls who work at the Villa and their kids. We went to a Pizzeria in Biblianno a little town just other side of Poppi. We had a super evening out, I got to see the locals out and we have a lovely time.

Then to bed!

Take care all

Will be sending the missing blogs very soon after this.

Deidre