Est, until tomorrow

We ate: lots of yummy food. We saw: beautiful stuff that looks fake but isn't. We walked: on ancient cobbled lanes.

Food:
pasta unlike at home - the noodles alone are excellent chewy morsels
pig cheeks - think bacon minus the fat, the best
wild boar - pork with just a twist of something wild
Aqua di Nepi - Amy has finally made me a bottled water snob
fruits - they actually have flavor
chestnuts - creamy nutty fresh
porcini - imagine tasting what forests look like
pizza - potato and rosemany or lemon, can't decide which is best
soups - to die for
and of course
GELATO - all great

Sights:
Bagnoregio - think tiny, think old, think hill town. All Amy & Wa said in their blog about this treasure times two.

Orvieto - the cathedral is beyond words.Once again, read the existing blog entry. Excellent shopping. Good food. Horrible maps. Maybe they never want you to leave which is just fine but I'd still like to find my wonderful little apartment in less than two hours. Both of us got lost. Over. And over. And over...
Viterbo - good maps. Kind friendly people, both Viterbese and SYA friends, a wide variety of shops, restaurants, interesting churches. In all a very livable, likeable city.

Walking:
Just walking anywhere is a satisfying experience. The architecture is varied from Medieval to stylishly modern Italian. Every turn of the lane brings a new sight of bright flower boxes, crazily angled buildings, oddball doors and windows, stairs to baconies with intricate lacy wrought iron, or a lush garden.
Greg took on a walk from Montefiascone back to Viterbo on the pilgrims' path, portions of which are on surviving segments of the original Roman road.

 The path winds across the countryside for about twenty kilometers and affords beautiful views and aromas. Greg was joined by Carolyn H-P and two friends visiting her from France.

Perfect hosting. Perfect weather. We'll be back, soon.

Arrivederci.

ps: Amy will explain "Est! Est! Est!"