It has been a busy week, I'll finish writting everything on my bus ride tomorrow and post ASAP.
~m
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday 8/10
This morning I had my culture and civilization of Italy class. Our instructor asked us about us and what we thought about Italy, culture, and civilization. After our discussion we took a walk to the edge, where all we found was fog. We walked around the edge talking about the history and culture of the town. We walk half way around the town, so about 2 km.
For lunch we had the Asian class's food. Not eating pasta was a nice change for the day. Although the rice was over cooked and the asparagus was very fibrous, what I ate tasted good. After lunch, it was time for another walk around the other side of the town.
In the afternoon, we had our first wine tasting class for our wine certificate. We were all told the wrong time, so we were all half an hour late. We discussed the basics of wine making and wine tasting. Today, we tasted three wines: a white, sprinkling red, and a red. The sprinkling red smelled like butter and the red one smelled like acetone.
After class we walked into the kitchen and a group had come in for a class. They had made pizza, this is when we discovered "burnt cheese and tomato pizza." This pizza will live all of our minds for forever. After our wonderful snack, we decided to walk down to Nando's. Nando's is the pastry shop by the train station at the base of the mesa. They had nice looking tortes but the gelato wasn't great. When we got back to the restaurant we learned their gelato is brought.
For lunch we had the Asian class's food. Not eating pasta was a nice change for the day. Although the rice was over cooked and the asparagus was very fibrous, what I ate tasted good. After lunch, it was time for another walk around the other side of the town.
In the afternoon, we had our first wine tasting class for our wine certificate. We were all told the wrong time, so we were all half an hour late. We discussed the basics of wine making and wine tasting. Today, we tasted three wines: a white, sprinkling red, and a red. The sprinkling red smelled like butter and the red one smelled like acetone.
After class we walked into the kitchen and a group had come in for a class. They had made pizza, this is when we discovered "burnt cheese and tomato pizza." This pizza will live all of our minds for forever. After our wonderful snack, we decided to walk down to Nando's. Nando's is the pastry shop by the train station at the base of the mesa. They had nice looking tortes but the gelato wasn't great. When we got back to the restaurant we learned their gelato is brought.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday 7/10
This morning I started my internship at the Zeppelin, I made pasta with the pasta extruder for 4 hours. After lunch they didn't need anymore help. After lunch I walk around town and found the edge of town. Then I was found by Tony, one of the guys on the trip, and we finally found a office supply store to buy paper and stuff. We found some of our other classmates and got gelato. We tour the museo behind the duomo, which has close up views of the frescoes in the duomo. After walking around the duomo, I stopped by the market to get some yogurt. Yomo is the best yogurt ever, the peach is so yummy. Once I got home I worked on homework for my online class. And then off to dinner, it was British Isles food. The morning class is cooking us lunch and the afternoon class is cooking dinner.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Sunday
Sunday morning I slept in until almost 11 and left for lunch at the restaurant around noon and than I was in Italian Cuisine class for 4 hour and then language class for 2 hours.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Saturday in the Countryside
Saturday we went Chef Polegri's family's home to pick grapes for them to sell to a winery. It took 20 of us 2 hours to pick a little over 1/3 of an acre. I can't remember what kinda of grapes they were but I'll find out, they were for a white wine. Before picking the grapes, we ate the breakfast that Chef Polegri had picked up for us, it was rice balls and pizza. After picking, we washed the serious black stickiness off of our hands and took a needed water break. Here I'm drinking a lot more water then normal. We walked through some of the vineyards, the olive trees, and the interns' house. Chef Polegri takes interns from different schools, gives some where to live and takes care of some/most of their living cost and they work for free for him.
For lunch we had a Tuna and tomatoes sauce for our pasta. We have learned that people here like bitter salads and in the countryside they like very bitter salads.
After hanging out a little more, we drove back to the town and took a 2 hour nap. We all meet at the restaurant and we started walking. Chef Polegri told us it was a 10 minute walk, but I think it took about an hour. We walk very very slow and stop every 15 meters. But on our adventure back to the country side we found a Chinese restaurant(for when we can't eat anymore pasta). Once we reached the edge of the mesa, we took a cable car down the side of the mesa. Until about 15 years ago the cable cars used no electricity and just used water weight to push the two cars up and down.
Once we reached Chef Polegri's friends' home did was dusk and everyone was concerned we had to walk back to town. There were no lights and not many roads where we walked, so the thought of having to walk back was not the most perfect idea. Anyway, this house was a small castle. The view from the house was looking up at Orvieto, it was gorgeous. The family was restoring the house but the inside had modern comforts with old touches. We have a barbecue with tons of food, water, and wine. After dinner and cleaning up we got the terrifying ride back up to Orvieto. I do have to say Chef's wife is a better driver then he is.
I'll post pictures as soon as I can.
For lunch we had a Tuna and tomatoes sauce for our pasta. We have learned that people here like bitter salads and in the countryside they like very bitter salads.
After hanging out a little more, we drove back to the town and took a 2 hour nap. We all meet at the restaurant and we started walking. Chef Polegri told us it was a 10 minute walk, but I think it took about an hour. We walk very very slow and stop every 15 meters. But on our adventure back to the country side we found a Chinese restaurant(for when we can't eat anymore pasta). Once we reached the edge of the mesa, we took a cable car down the side of the mesa. Until about 15 years ago the cable cars used no electricity and just used water weight to push the two cars up and down.
Once we reached Chef Polegri's friends' home did was dusk and everyone was concerned we had to walk back to town. There were no lights and not many roads where we walked, so the thought of having to walk back was not the most perfect idea. Anyway, this house was a small castle. The view from the house was looking up at Orvieto, it was gorgeous. The family was restoring the house but the inside had modern comforts with old touches. We have a barbecue with tons of food, water, and wine. After dinner and cleaning up we got the terrifying ride back up to Orvieto. I do have to say Chef's wife is a better driver then he is.
I'll post pictures as soon as I can.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday
We toured the city today. We explored the market, the underground, the duomo, and one of the clock towers.
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