Day: April 8, 2017

We decided to take a break from being pilgrims and pretend we are Italians for a few days. We rented an airbnb in Pietrasanta for three nights. (So, we’ll be here tomorrow, Palm Sunday.) The apartment has a great kitchen so we don’t plan to eat out even once in Pietrasanta. We walked to a large grocery store this morning (1/2 mile away) and went a little crazy, as you can see from the above photo. For lunch we had delicious roast chicken with sun dried tomatoes (they sell them in the deli in oil, with amazing flavoring) and some great bread. Tomorrow for lunch we’ll have pesto with fresh pasta (both also from the deli) and grilled vegetables… there’s a nice little George-Forman-type grill here in the apartment. So, we aren’t actually cooking much but sure enjoying eating “at home”. The apartment has a good coffee machine, so we are all set. Yesterday, we bought some tomatoes at a nearby smaller grocery store. They were as good as or better than any tomatoes we’ve ever had, including fresh picked from a garden. We couldn’t believe how good they were. For dinner last night we had the tomatoes on sliced focaccia bread that we bought at the same store.