Civita di Bagnoregio

This passed Tuesday I was lucky enough to go on a 'girls outing' to Civita di Bagnoregio. The wives of the men working on the temple try to get together every so often and do little day trips, sometimes to museums or other "girly" type stuff that husbands and kids wouldn't care to miss. On this trip, Carolyn wanted to go to a pottery shop in Civita di Bagnoregio that sells pottery that is hand made by people in that area. After we dropped the kids off at school, we met up at the jobsite, packed into Ariane's minivan and set off. It was about an hour and half drive from Rome. We had to take Charly and JR with us, and only had to stop once for Charly to go potty on the side of the road. :) When we got there, we got the kids all situated in the stroller, got down to the ticket stand and then made our way up the hill.

OMG. Pushing Charly and JR up that hill was a workout. Lucky for me, Cori grabbed on too, and we did it together. Well worth it for what's on the top. I don't know much of the history, but there have been people living on that hill top since before Christ. The city that still stands there today was built in the 1600s. It's just beautiful. Here's some pictures around the town. There are still people that live there today, but I imagine not very many. There are lots of restaurants, cafe`s and gift shops. We found a little cafe` for lunch and just sat, relaxed (well, sort of- Charly and JR were especially rambunctious) and enjoyed being together. At one point during lunch I zoned out of the conversation and took a minute to appreciate that I was eating lunch outside overlooking the beautiful countryside in ITALY. It was like straight out of a movie, and I was living it.

I feel very blessed to live here and have these opportunities. Don't get me wrong, everyday is not peaches and cream. I'd even say that I struggle more on most days here than I did at home, but it makes it worth it for moments like that. Before we left, we stopped at the pottery shop and Carolyn picked out her water pitchers.

They are beautiful and I couldn't resist, I bought one. I am my Mother's daughter and am guilty of buying, what my Dad terms, "gee-gaughs". I figure it'll be cool to collect these little trinkets from around Italy to take home one day.