What Fills My Plate

grapes on left side Yesterday the Italian authorities relaxed the stay at home rule and allowed people to go no more than 200 meters from their home.  This caused many to go out for a small passeggiata.  We live near the edge of a village that is bordered with vines for white wine, and fields of wheat.  You can see the volcanic hills are not far, and the soil there helps produce some of the best red wines in the Veneto. As you can see, the freeway was quite empty of cars for a Sunday at 6;30.  Usually at that time people are headed back from a trip out away from home.  It is better for drivers on a Sunday as trucks are not allowed on the autostrada.  You will see them lined up at truck stops, waiting for Monday as they head north to Austria, Slovenia, or  south to Firenze and Roma. Hungry American Families In Line for free food I have asked my friends to write and tell us what they are experiencing where they live.  Everyone has expressed patience, that they are stayi

This village has an amazing button Museum Sant' Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy Not much to say that is different than what I have written in the past.  People here in my  village continue to observe the stay home rule.  Some are doing yard work, mowing lawns, trimming hedges and such.  Dog walkers are out and about. Button Museum Ahead Our friends and relatives have been good to write and tell us how it is going for them.  All of them are staying in home and not circulating outside their property.  A  few have gone out for food and some have arranged for home delivery of food. On the positive side, we are lucky here to have sun and this week we will reach 70 degrees on many days.  For those of you who use centigrade, that means short sleeves, and short pants.  Put the jackets away!  It would be so nice to take a drive in the hills and look down on Padova and all the tiny churches that decorate the hillsides.   Since the smog is much less, we might have been able to see