After the cultural exertions this week, we had planned to stay local and do a bit of mooching around in small towns. And being a Saturday in September, the festivals were all around.
We must admit this is turning out to be one of the best holidays:
– coffee and food are of a consistently very high standard – and this evening was the best so far
– towns/cities are absolutely delightful
– weather is terrific so far – blue skies and consistently in the high 20s
– great scenery and a lovely pool where we’re staying
– the Monzo card is brilliant. Came off the autostrada this evening and a massive queue at the cash booth. But used the card to pay the princely sum of €0.90 which was immediately converted into 80p. Yeah – rubbish exchange rate, but that’s just the rubbish from Brexit!
So here we go. Local town (Castel san Pietro Terme) had a honey festival:
Not sure where these fitted in, but they looked pretty:
Imola is a few kms down the road – stopped for a coke (me) and a Prosecco (guess!):
Back for a rest and a swim. Then Medicina – nowhere near the tourist trail but their annual medieval festival today so looked in:
And finally the best dinner so far. The restaurant in Imola is part of the slow food movement that started around here, and was sooooooooo good!
Moving on tomorrow.