Day 13

On our first day all together in the country, Ivonne took us to our restaurant for breakfast and we once again had cappuccino and pastries.  The first stop of the day was to go back to Saint Giuseppe, where my dad first lived. 

Then we went to Olivola to visit with Zia Nella and then over to Zio Renaldo's where we saw Bruna and her husband Dario and son Lorenzo.  

We returned home for lunch, and then I finally got to meet Zia Glina who came over to the house with her daughter-in-law, Marialla.  

My visit was short because I needed internet access with a printer, so Ivonne took me over to Venezia's house where I used Magda computer to order tickets to visit the Vatican, since mom and I were leaving for Roma the next day with Magda and Ivan.

After I got back home, my cousin Bruno came over and we all went out to dinner at this place called La Locanda.  Our reservations were at 8pm and we did not leave until 12 midnight!  We must have been served 15-20 dishes, mainly seafood varieties.  But I have never eaten so much during one meal in my entire life!  I tried a few new dishes, such as the Bati-Bati, which is a type of shrimp is that is only found in the Ligurian Sea.  And I finally got my seafood risotto! 

Nonno was looking forward to it at first too, but then they put the large shell on his plate and since he didn't know what it was, he was not a happy camper, so I took it away.  I believe it was a crab shell, but there was nothing inside, just for decoration.  If you look at Nonno's plate, it's the pinkish color item! Yea, it was that huge!