Day 10 in our sixth hotel, just Rome to see today! Don't get me wrong, having a great time (although at supper last night we did have a massive WineRow about our musical choice making at parties!) ...
last Couple of days in Sicily were fun staying at an agrotourism winery near Marsala, https://www.donnafranca.it/
Marsala harbour
The pool at wine resort Donna Franca
again mixing with other H. sapiens, at the cellar tour and tasting, was a high light , especially the Swiss couple who held forth after just one glass about the beauty, sensuality and general sexiness of the German language. What the ..... Not so much interesting, as a great opportunity to gently take the piss! Oh how we laughed.
if you pay too much for food here you loose everything great and effortless about Italian food! . Come on : augbergine pie with Cheese sauce, I pictured a filo delight, I get a tiny omelet, crossed with a moose ( I'm not sure if that's how you spell it? It didn't have horns, and it wobbled ) - the dining room was filled with thoughtful wine buffs who clearly felt conversation very unsophisticated and preferred their phones. A young couple with a baby would liven up the noise levels in the cavernous hall? Not a bit, we witnessed I promise , over an hour at the next table without even a single fart from the cherub (Or any verbal communication between parents)
Of course we got the giggles ! Well silence is excruciating, isn't it?
Luckily, an unfortunate neighbour knocked their supper to the floor breaking the silence momentarily. Louise let out a muted "sack the juggler" and the culprit was ushered out by one of the staff we knew only as "the librarian" .
When I stumbled somewhat overefreshed to find the loo, I realised I was most likely going the wrong way simply from the noise of fellow guests tutting and sucking air through their teeth!
Suggestion: don't come here at any cost! Unless you have the capacity to find amusement in any situation. I carry Louise with me for that reason! We very much recommend developing this skill for most expensive restaurants.
Photo below of Lou in the dining room, The restaurant did fill up but the noise level and atmos appeared deliberately kept to a minimum:
In the next article we post, about the Valley of Temples, I will continue this insight into what sort of travellers we are..
I’m very much missing the punchline from the joke “what do you get when you cross an omelette with a moose?”