Friday, 30 May
I am not screaming at you - for some reason tonight the internet is crazy in this hotel and although I am not typing all caps and it looks normal, when I publish it is all caps! Sorry about that.
I had to stay in the apartment this day because I had a terrible cold! But Bobby went and took pictures. They traveled to a cheesemaking farm, winery and a castle. Then they toured the San Martino del Battaglia, a memorial tower nearby that commemorates a battle on 24 June 1859. Jean-Henri Dunant toured the battlefield and was horrified by the many wounded soldiers. Eventually he set up a process that established the Geneva Conventions and the American Red Cross. There is an ossuary chapel containing the bones of those killed in the battle.
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| Stirring the milk for the cheese |
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| Molding the cheese |
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| Several varieties |
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| Look for this one: Monte Veronese. Yummy! |
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| Their cheese shop. |
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| Winery museum. |
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| San Martino di Battaglia Tower. |
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| Ossuary Chapel. |
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| View from top of the tower. |
That evening, the owner of the winery, Luca, and our tour guide, Stefania, brought me dinner since I was unable to go out! Very gracious people here. It was the first evening I had been able to see the sunset, as we were usually in the restaurant from 7:30 - 10:30 or later!
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| Four salads for dinner, plus bread. The Parma ham plus tomatoes is considered salad. The others are cucumbers with parmesan, rocket salad with strawberries, and chicken salad with green beans. |
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| Lombardy sunset. |
Hope you are feeling better and able to get back out and about!
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