Day 9

After constantly moving and seeing and doing, today was a 'do nothing' day.  Everybody had to work today so for breakfast Nonno and I walked into Sarricciolo but our favorite breakfast bar was closed.  So we were brave and walked a few hundred feet and found another one!  As we walked back, Nonno pointed out all the different crops and plants and friends' houses that he used to know and visit.  Below is the field of corn that we watched grow over our 3 week stay and we really could see the difference from the beginning to the end.  Nonno was very excited for these people because they were going to have such a good crop this year. 

When we got back to the house we thought about going on a little walk and Nonno showed me the old mill where he would bring the wheat or corn to grind.  So the picture on the right shows where the water comes down and then would travel down the wooden ramps and then that turns the mill.  It still works, but it wasn't set up when I saw it.

But it was so hot that soon after, Nonno just wanted to stay inside where it was cool.  So I read up on my Rick Steve's book until lunch.  The afternoon did not get more exciting, I took a nap and finished reading my novel.  

However, in the late afternoon, Ivonne came home early from work and took Nonno and I to the store and then we stopped by Zio Renaldo's house.  On the way back home, Ivonne stopped by a cemetery where Nonno's parents and grandparents were buried.  And this is a picture of my great-grandfather (Nonno's dad) and they look soooo similar.  You cannot really tell from this picture, but when you put them side by side, they look like twins!  His name was Flee.  

Tonight we had a very interesting meal for dinner.  It was like fondue, but instead of cooking or dipping, we heated up slices of cheese on these discs and then poured it over hot potatoes.  It was really good!  Not terribly exciting but definitely different!