2024-10-13
(Day 9 of #100DaysToOffload)
It's the second day today, and I've returned back to the hotel at about four again for a bit of rest before I go out in the evening.
I mostly spent the day touring the town. I took a few photos of the main places but not very many - I don't want to be that kind of tourist in a way. I suppose I am practising a kind of "photo minamalism" whilst here, to contrast other holidays where I think I take too many...
I got up around half nine, and went to a little place which if memory serves was called Cappelli for breakfast, down Via de Giudei. I had a nice salad with and put quite a lot of olive oil and balsamic on it! It tasted lovely, though I was struggling to finish it with fullness. I then walked about a bit, but went into a museum with many Christian artifacts, mainly as I needed the toilet. I looked about that for a while (there was a large cart in the final room) then left again, toured about a bit, got an ice cream from the Gelateria Gianni (lemon and something that tasted like strawberry) and toured about a bit. I stopped in a church at some point, where there was Sunday service. I listened (but did not understand) and prayed a little.
Again I walked about a bit more, until I came to a pizza place... I should have noted the names down. I had a pizza mediterranea (red onion and olive) and a mango sorbet for dessert.
And I kept on walking around some more! I went past the outskirts of the main city, where the traffic-free zone has ended, and it is... less pleasant. The roads are incredibly wide, and whilst I am still impressed the good cycling infrastructure, dedicated bus lanes, etc. it is still just a lot less nice than being in a pedestrian area.
For dinner, I popped into a little place on Via Altabella... I think it was. Or one of the side streets. I had a maccheroni with tomato and basil. I had a bit of a tired moment where I was trying to say that the maccheroni was mine (he brought out two dishes) and ended up worrying the staff I was about to complain because I couldn't think of the word 'maccheroni'. Sono idiota. They also gave me bread and olive oil and balsamic vinegar - I probably had my days worth of calories just in the olive oil for that bread (pouring huge amounts of oil onto my plate then mopping it up with the bread). But, I really do like the fact that I get given olive oil wherever I go here. I wish we had that back home...
After this I pretty much just went back, did some light exercises (as a part of the new additions to /thousands) and my drawing for the day, and went to bed.