Today was finally exactly what we came here expecting and have spent the last three weeks hoping for. In spite of weather forecasts to the contrary, the weather is divine. Puffy white clouds, clear blue skies, cool breezes and warm sunshine. We are in heaven.
After a quick run to the grocery store for provisions for our last few days in Todi along with some take-home items (pastas, truffles and Cynar aperitif) we did a little driving around to catch lovely views back to Todi and to find the perfect poppies to photograph (in spite of the carabinieri chasing us along one time).
Then back to Todi for lunch out in il giardino again. We knew it was gonna be perfect when we saw that they strung out the shade cloth over the tables today. Seriously, shade cloth! Can you believe it!?! It was exquisite.
And in addition to enjoying the weather and relishing the temperature and taking in the view, we met a group of very interesting women. I don't think I mentioned the other night when we stopped into the hand painted scarf shop and met the owner who's husband is some sort of diplomat so she's lived in and taught art for 4 years in Papua New Guinea, she's lived for years in Luan Prabang, Laos and even in Bhutan. Just an interesting person to chat with.
Well today, the four women at the next table have in common that they all own homes here in Todi but one is a Bulgarian physicist who used to teach at Princeton and worked for pharmaceutical companies in San Francisco. Another grew up in Wisconsin but hasn't lived in the States in 40 years as she married an 'uber Swede' (beats me) and used to play viola in the symphony in Cologne, Germany. The other is from New Zealand but we didn't get any other info. And the fourth taught French and Italian for 40 years and hails from Westchester, Pennsylvania right near the large animal facility for the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.
Of course, they insisted that the weather lately was been extremely unusual, acknowledged that it has been abysmal, and apologized for it profusely. Then they were ready to put us in touch with someone they know who has a house for sale. Not quite yet! But thanks.
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