Having a little Pig-Nic today! It's all about the "pig trucks" in Central Italy. Michael has been looking forward to his porchetta sandwich. Porchetta is a whole pig stuffed with wild herbs, garlic and salt then spitted and roasted over wood for an Italian culinary tradition. Deelicious!!
We packed our sandwiches and headed out for a bike ride through the vines. There are great biking trails in Umbria that keep you safe from the fast driving Italians.
We ate our lunch in the hill town of Todi with an amazing view. According to legend, recorded around 1330BC by a mythological Quirinus Colonus, Todi was built by Hercules. Wow!
The next stop of the day is the hill town of Orvieto. It is very striking and sits very high on top of a big chunk of volcanic stone. Its is practically traffic/car free and has one of the most striking and interesting cathedrals I've ever seen. I loved and was surprised at the black and white stripes that are painted on all side. Something different.
If you happen to notice that Michael is wearing the same clothes in all the photo's, well his bag has not yet made it to Rome! Just soo glad it was his bag that was lost and not mine! :) Unfortunately also the camera was in his bag but at least I have the camera on my phone.
St Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of Matthews high school! And poor Michael but that gives you the perfect excuse to go shopping !!
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