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The Rustico
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On our return trip from Rome, having played tour guide for 5
weeks we were in need of more than a little rest and recuperation, so we headed to our
friends 'rustico' (as we fondly refer to it) for a few nights by ourselves. This
is the house where we’d picked olives and made oil back in November. It’s basic
and simple and we love it!
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The
olive trees we picked in November
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We left Rome with the sun shining and a clear blue sky (in
contrast to the day before when it had bucketed down all day) and headed to Spello
in Umbria to meet with friends for a quick lunch. From Rome to Spello and then on to San
Angelo in Pontano (Le Marche), we were really over driving, by the time we
arrived.
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The pot belly and our rustic lunch!
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Arriving just before it got dark, it had already started
snowing. We found the key, switched on the power and water and immediately got
the potbelly stove going. It was FREEZING in the house, the kitchen was colder than
the fridge itself. We awoke the next morning to a complete white out as it had snowed all night!
Being snowed in was just what we needed. We read our books,
made rustic meals and ventured outside only to find wood.
On our day of departure we spent 30 minutes digging the car
out of 20cm of snow. Our snow covered Fiat Cinquecento was very cute!
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