Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sat 11 Oct- a walk to Suira, Taronico, Casate and Regatola and back

Sat 11 Oct- after breakfast, and a wait until it warmed up, we took a walk first to Suira via a pedestrian path we noticed yesterday, then on to Casate, Taronico, and then to San Marino, where we had a delicious Paulaner draft beer and capuccino while enjoying the beautiful view at the appropriately named Bellavista Ristorante on this sunny and warm 21-22 C day. We continued on to Regatola and back to Bellagio through Aureggio. They are all cute little towns with narrow twisting streets that are often cobblestone and narrow. We could frequently catch the fragrance of gin-mokusei as we walked the paths.
Back in the Metropole we read or worked. Stan finished reading Phillip Margolin's 'The Associate' and started Harlan Coben's 'Drop Shot'
For dinner we had 1/2 liter house white wine; smoked salmon with toast appetizer; tagliatelle with aromatic herbs and cannelloni with spinach & ricotta as first course; escalope Gypsy style (stewed sliced carrots, ham & peppers) and grilled sirloin steak, with French fries and stuffed tomato as second plate; wild berries cake and apple tart for dessert.

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