We stayed with nonna Gina ("mangia mangia") and my grandfather, and MJ fitted in very well with the whole family and many friends she met over the next four days.
The long weekend involved the following:
- Mercato: impossible to have any other engagements for Friday mornings if you live with my grandma.
- Castello Roganzuolo: in the afternoon we rode to see my old house a bit out of town, catching up with my old (and freakyishly tall) neighbour Gianluca and reminiscing good times in the large country-side garden which was once my playground.
- Dinner with the (other) grandparents, and some family friends.
- Aperitivo & Mamilldra: drinks with some old schoolfriends.
- Ca' del Poggio: fine lunching with lovely fish and Prosecco with the (other) grandparents and family friends.
- Fritoe: coming home after a three-hour lunch to find a huge bunch of frittelle (Carnevale sweets) made by my grandma.
- Rainy run to the Castle! ... burning off some guilt before some study.
- Anniversario degli Scout al Castello: met up with most of my parents' good friends, and their kids, as the town celebrated 85 years of the local Scouts with a cerimony and games.
- This was followed with lunch at the Tonon's - the family of my Godmother, and generally lovely people. Margherita, who is 17 this year, will go stay with my parents for about a month this June.
- More biking: Mj was very tempted to reach the mountains... we were satisfied with the nearby hills.
- da Franco & Gelato: dinner and dessert with my auntie and cousin, also got to see my uncle which was nice.
Aaand to conclude our stay in Conegliano we went for a run on Monday morning on the river Monticano. I am blessed to have such a good roommate actually, she has done so many things for me (probably without noticing it) and motivate me to run with her is another great bonus. Everyone who met her was genuinly please and she always made a good impression.
But after a slow-paced weekend amongst farms, hills, countryside and rivers, with a background of the Alps (still a little snow left!) I am back in the "big smoke". Glad of this, surely, but also glad of the fact that people still recognise my Venetian accent =]
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